7.5

CVE-2026-31934: oisf suricata Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31934DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31934
Published 02-04-2026Last modified 02-04-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-31934 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity vulnerability in oisf suricata. EPSS estimates a 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.47%
0%100%
Low · +0.19 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1

Timeline

  1. 02-04-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 02-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine. From version 8.0.0 to before version 8.0.4, there is a quadratic complexity issue when searching for URLs in mime encoded messages over SMTP leading to a performance impact. This issue has been patched in version 8.0.4.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.47%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

39%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.19 pp

From 0.27% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.47%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • suricata< 1:8.0.4-1
Oisf1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • suricataAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

5 links