Suricata dnp3: unbounded reassembly can lead to resource exhaustion

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45765",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Suricata dnp3: unbounded reassembly can lead to resource exhaustion",
    "summary": "Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5, DNP3 reassembly could buffer data without sufficient parser-level bounds. Crafted DNP3 traffic may cause Suricata to consume excessive memory, potentially resulting in denial of service. Versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5 contain a fix. As a workaround, disable DNP3 (which is not enabled by default) if it is not needed, and/or define a limited `stream.reassembly.depth` (0 or absent is unlimited).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-45765",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2026-45765",
        "GHSA-m8x4-c78g-r4vj"
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
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      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/oisf/suricata",
              "type": "GIT",
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            "suricata-8.0.4",
            "suricata-7.0.15",
            "suricata-7.0.14",
            "suricata-8.0.3",
            "suricata-8.0.2",
            "suricata-7.0.13",
            "suricata-7.0.12",
            "suricata-8.0.1",
            "suricata-8.0.0",
            "suricata-7.0.11",
            "suricata-7.0.10",
            "suricata-7.0.9",
            "suricata-7.0.8",
            "suricata-7.0.7",
            "suricata-7.0.6",
            "suricata-7.0.5",
            "suricata-7.0.4",
            "suricata-7.0.3",
            "suricata-7.0.2",
            "suricata-7.0.1",
            "suricata-7.0.0"
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            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-45765.json"
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:47.023076236Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-8-0-5-and-7-0-16-released/6315",
        "https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8460",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/45xxx/CVE-2026-45765.json",
        "https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-m8x4-c78g-r4vj",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45765"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-400",
          "CWE-770"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/45xxx/CVE-2026-45765.json"
      }
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        "value": "CVE-2026-45765",
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 515023,
  "published_at": "2026-09-10T21:25:22.867+00:00"
}