RCE in Oisf Suricata

CVE-2023-35853

In Suricata before 6.0.13, an adversary who controls an external source of Lua rules may be able to execute Lua code. This is addressed in 6.0.13 by disabling Lua unless allow-rules is true in the security lua configuration section.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.010 (60.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-35853?
CVE-2023-35853 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Oisf Suricata, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-06-19.
How severe is CVE-2023-35853?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.