CVE-2025-29918 | OISF Suricata PCRE detect-engine-content-inspection.c DetectEngineContentInspectionInternal recursion (Nessus ID 233809 / WID-SEC-2025-1850)
A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in OISF Suricata. This vulnerability affects the function DetectEngineContentInspectionInternal of the file src/detect-engine-content-inspection.c of the component PCRE Handler. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled recursion.
This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-29918. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is no exploit available.
It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.