🛡️ CVE-2025-29918 on Debian — suricata
Description
Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. A PCRE rule can be written that leads to an infinite loop when negated PCRE is used. Packet processing thread becomes stuck in infinite loop limiting visibility and availability in inline mode. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.9.
Distribution advisory
This page covers CVE-2025-29918 as tracked by Debian, for the package suricata. The fix is available in version 1:7.0.9-1; earlier versions remain affected.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.
Weakness class
DEBIAN-CVE-2025-29918 is classified as CWE-835: Infinite Loop. A loop condition can never become false for some inputs, hanging the process.
Affected software
DEBIAN-CVE-2025-29918 is recorded against 1 package.
- suricata (fixed in 1:7.0.9-1)
Timeline and source
Published on 10 April 2025 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
CVE-2025-29918 on other distributions
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Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| suricata | — | 1:7.0.9-1 |
References
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