CVE-2026-57229 (CVSS 5.3)

Description

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. From 8.0.0 until 8.0.6, the SMTP MIME parser in rust/src/mime/smtp.rs does not fully reset state when processing Content-Type: message/rfc822 encapsulation. An outer MIME part's encoding or filename state can leak into the inner message, allowing crafted mail to evade detections based on file.data, file.name, or extracted URLs when SMTP MIME decoding is enabled. This issue is fixed in version 8.0.6.

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CVSS v3.1 Score

5.3

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS — Exploit Prediction

0.0041

Probability of exploitation

0.33%

Percentile rank

EPSS estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. A higher score means more likely to be exploited.

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-665 CWE-665

References

Other References

https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/4985eb9daea2f765b6ef59a58fa02e5c71c0a77c https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/c0215c7e175b0000ef8450928dd1f3453c48379b https://github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-8.0.6 https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-ph5p-pm8r-m355 https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8649

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-57229? +

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. From 8.0.0 until 8.0.6, the SMTP MIME parser in rust/src/mime/smtp.rs does not fully reset state when processing Content-Type: message/rfc822 encapsulation. An outer MIME part's encoding or filename state can leak into the inner message, allowing crafted mail to evade detections based on file.data, file.name, or extracted URLs when SMTP MIME decoding is enabled. This issue is fixed in version 8.0.6. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2026-57229? +

CVE-2026-57229 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.3 out of 10, rated MEDIUM. This is a medium-severity vulnerability that should be remediated as part of regular maintenance. The EPSS score is 0.0041, placing it in the 0th percentile for exploitation probability.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2026-57229? +

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