CVE-2026-71855

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to 7.0.17 and 8.0.6, src/flow-hash.c can treat an IPv4 and IPv6 flow as equal without comparing the IP family when their raw address words, ports, protocol, VLAN, recursion level, live device, and hash bucket align. An IPv6 packet can therefore reuse IPv4 flow state or the reverse, causing incorrect flowbit state, detection bypass, or IP-only bypass. This issue is fixed in versions 8.0.6 and 7.0.17.

  • Published Sep 18, 2026
  • CVSS 7.5 high
  • 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS)
  • A fix is available

Affected software

CVE-2026-71855 at the National Vulnerability Database