7.5
HIGH
CVE-2025-53538
Suricata HTTP2 Data Stream 0 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Description

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. In versions 7.0.10 and below and 8.0.0-beta1 through 8.0.0-rc1, mishandling of data on HTTP2 stream 0 can lead to uncontrolled memory usage, leading to loss of visibility. Workarounds include disabling the HTTP/2 parser, and using a signature like drop http2 any any -> any any (frame:http2.hdr; byte_test:1,=,0,3; byte_test:4,=,0,5; sid: 1;) where the first byte test tests the HTTP2 frame type DATA and the second tests the stream id 0. This is fixed in versions 7.0.11 and 8.0.0.

INFO

Published Date :

July 22, 2025, 10:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 22, 2025, 10:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Oisf suricata
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/1d6d331752e933c46aca0ae7a9679b27462246e3
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/7fa88ea9e7d05e07a7864050cfd836b576669720
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-qrr7-crgj-cmh3

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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jul. 22, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. In versions 7.0.10 and below and 8.0.0-beta1 through 8.0.0-rc1, mishandling of data on HTTP2 stream 0 can lead to uncontrolled memory usage, leading to loss of visibility. Workarounds include disabling the HTTP/2 parser, and using a signature like drop http2 any any -> any any (frame:http2.hdr; byte_test:1,=,0,3; byte_test:4,=,0,5; sid: 1;) where the first byte test tests the HTTP2 frame type DATA and the second tests the stream id 0. This is fixed in versions 7.0.11 and 8.0.0.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-400
    Added CWE CWE-770
    Added Reference https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/1d6d331752e933c46aca0ae7a9679b27462246e3
    Added Reference https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/7fa88ea9e7d05e07a7864050cfd836b576669720
    Added Reference https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-qrr7-crgj-cmh3
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