---
id: CVE-2026-57225
title: >-
  Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System
  and Network Security Monitoring engine
summary: >-
  Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System
  and Network Security Monitoring engine. From 8.0.0 until 8.0.6,
  src/datasets-context-json.c assumes that a configured JSON or NDJSON dataset
  value_key resolves…
severity: low
cvss: 3.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-476
vendor: OISF
product: suricata
affected:
  - 'suricata >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.6'
published: '2026-09-18'
updated: '2026-09-23'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-23T18:12:04.247'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57225'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/3ca2ed25a324597a85a2ab11595c3b0689468ea5
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/bd3293aca714f5d090b73e7d9be0e5cd7e3f5f53
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/OISF/suricata/pull/15699'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-8.0.6'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-vqqx-88xw-qqvc'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8624'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00158
epssPercentile: 0.04209
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-21T18:20:30.389906Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-18T20:51:25.797Z'
---

## Overview

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. From 8.0.0 until 8.0.6, src/datasets-context-json.c assumes that a configured JSON or NDJSON dataset value_key resolves to a string. A trusted or untrusted dataset or rule feed containing a non-string value for that key can cause a NULL pointer dereference during startup, configuration test mode, or rule reload, crashing Suricata before traffic processing. This issue is fixed in version 8.0.6.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.