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Posted on 27 August 2026
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-6475-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
August 27, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : suricata-update
CVE ID : CVE-2026-63347
Guillem Lefait discovered a path traversal attack in suricata-update,
a tool for updating Suricata rules, which allowed malformed rules to
overwrite files on the system.
For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.3.4-1+deb13u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your suricata-update packages.
For the detailed security status of suricata-update please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/suricata-update
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
