CVE-2026-57223 Suricata windows: unquoted LocalSystem service ImagePath can allow local privilege escalation

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to 7.0.17 and 8.0.6, the Windows service installation and parameter-update logic in src/win32-service.c can pass an unquoted service ImagePath to CreateServiceA. When Surica...

EUVD-2026-83396

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to 7.0.17 and 8.0.6, the Windows service installation and parameter-update logic in src/win32-service.c can pass an unquoted service ImagePath to CreateServiceA. When Surica...

CVE-2026-57223

Suricata (OISF network IDS/IPS engine) prior to 7.0.17 and 8.0.6 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in its Windows service installation logic (src/win32-service.c). The service ImagePath is passed unquoted to CreateServiceA; if Suricata is installed under a path containing spaces...

PT-2026-95705

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Suricata versions prior to 7.0.17 Suricata versions prior to 8.0.6 Description The Windows service installation and parameter-update logic in src/win32-service.c can pass an unquoted service ImagePath to the CreateServiceA function. If the...