CVE-2024-28870

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine developed by the OISF and the Suricata community. When parsing an overly long SSH banner, Suricata can use excessive CPU resources, as well as cause excessive logging volume in alert records. This issue has been patched in versions 6.0.17 and 7.0.4.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-mhhx-xw7r-r5c8	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-mhhx-xw7r-r5c8	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata::::::::

History

28 Apr 2025, 16:43

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-mhhx-xw7r-r5c8 -~~	() https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-mhhx-xw7r-r5c8 - Vendor Advisory
First Time		Oisf Oisf suricata
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata::::::::

21 Nov 2024, 09:07

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-mhhx-xw7r-r5c8 -~~	() https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-mhhx-xw7r-r5c8 -

03 Apr 2024, 22:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-04-03 22:15

Updated : 2025-04-28 16:43

NVD link : CVE-2024-28870

Mitre link : CVE-2024-28870

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-28870

JSON object : View

Products Affected

oisf

suricata

CWE

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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