Suricata Newsletter for March 2026
Welcome
Hello and welcome to the March issue of the Suricata Newsletter! It’s been a long winter, but the team hasn’t slowed down one bit—we’ve been busy building Suricata 9.0 while keeping 7.0 and 8.0 rock solid. With spring just around the corner, we’re gearing up for an in-person team meeting to map out the roadmap for Suricata 9.0.
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Message From OISF’s President, Kelley Misata
Spring is in the air, and things are buzzing here at OISF!
First, the news I’ve been most excited to share: SuriCon 2026 is coming together and we are so excited to see everyone in Lisbon this year. The Call for Talks is officially open; if you’ve been doing interesting work with Suricata, this is your moment. We want to hear from you. Head over to pretalx.com/suricon2026/cfp and submit your talk. Registration is also open now with our bundled pricing so you can take advantage of pre-conference training and three days of SuriCon all for one discounted price. So if you’re planning to join us in Lisbon, don’t wait. Get your spot locked in at suricon.net.
I also want to take a moment to genuinely thank the sponsors who have already stepped up for SuriCon 2026. OPNsense, AWS, Leargas, and Stamus Networks—your support means the world to this community. SuriCon only happens because of partners like you, and we are so grateful. If your organization is interested in sponsoring, visit suricon.net/sponsorships/ to learn more.
On the OISF side, we’re also very much looking forward to getting the team together in person in Salzburg in a few weeks. There is something about being in the same room together—whiteboarding, debating, laughing—that no amount of video calls can replace. We’ll be mapping out what’s ahead for Suricata and OISF, and I can’t wait.
SuriCon
- SuriCon 2026 Call for Talks is now open! Submit yours at https://pretalx.com/suricon2026/cfp.
- Looking to support Suricata? Sponsor SuriCon 2026 in Lisbon here: https://suricon.net/sponsorships/.
- Thanks to OPNsense, Leargas, Stamus Networks, and AWS for already sponsoring!
Release Announcements
- On March 17, 2026, Suricata 8.0.4 and 7.0.15 were released, fixing a number of new issues. Please upgrade as soon as possible. See the release announcement at https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-8-0-4-and-7-0-15-released/.
- Also, in January, Suricata 8.0.3 and 7.0.14 were released, fixing a number of security issues. See the release announcement at https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-8-0-3-and-7-0-14-released/.
- Reminder! Suricata 7.0 will go end of life in July 2026. Please upgrade to 8.0. Need help? Reach out to our forum at https://forum.suricata.io. Check out our EOL policy here: https://suricata.io/our-story/eol-policy/.
Recent Suricata and OISF Blog Posts
Upcoming Events and Webinars
- OISF’s Dr. Kelley Misata will be at RSAC 2026. Come say hello! https://bsky.app/profile/suricata.io/post/3mgximazofc26
- Victor Julien will be speaking at BSides Groningen on April 17: Suricata: open source network security engine built with Sovereignty in mind?
- DNS Did it! A webinar with Peter Manev on April 23. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fooQOVivS2i2vIA80wlhOw#/registration
- Victor Julien will also be speaking at the NLUUG voorjaarsconferentie on May 7.
- Eric Leblond and Peter Manev will be doing a workshop at BotConf 2026: Threat detection engineering with Suricata
Recent Webinars and Events
- OISF’s Shivani Bhardwaj recently spoke at FOSSAsia Summit 2026
- Webinar: Collecting and Integrating Threat Intelligence: Leveraging Suricata with MISP with Cleber Soares (in Portuguese)
- Webinar: CrowdSec Suricata Integration with Thibault Koechlin
- Peter Manev and Eric Leblond presented at FOSDEM 2026. View the recording there.
- Two webinars from Ladislav Bačo!
Development News
As we are near the middle of the development cycle for Suricata 9.0, the roadmap is largely set. However, there is still time to get your thoughts in about what you would like to see in Suricata 9.0. Please create a ticket on our issue tracker, or on our forum.
In the Community
- Operating in the Margins - Experimenting with Suricata Features
- A Practical Analysis of Suricata IDS: Why Suricata Didn’t Alert
- Real-World Data: AF_PACKET tpacket-v3 vs v2 (Memory Impact)
- Rethinking the SSLproxy/Suricata integration: Divert Mode is a dead end for H2/H3
- Suricata Language Server 2.0 - major update - write rules like a pro!
- Tony Robinson provides an update on his Suricata book!
Special Thanks
This month, we would like to thank all those who contributed to the patch releases made in the last 3 months. Thank you!
Abhijeet Singh, Andreas Dolp, Antoine Abou Faysal, Jhonny Sousa, Pierre Chifflier, Sergey Zhidkih, Sven Cuyt, Arrow Shao, Wilbur Zhang (Tencent Security YUNDING LAB), Fupeng Zhao, Mingyu Jeon, Ofer Dagan, Tarun Yadav, Outreachy, OSS-Fuzz, Coverity, Brandon Murphy, Chris Wakelin, Giuseppe Longo, Ivan Kapranov, Jamie Lavigne, Jason Taylor, Jesse Lepich, Jun Yuan, Min-Gyu Jeon, QianKai Lin, Rajkumar, Sam Mohammad, shmilyGit, Xiangwei Zhang of Tencent Security YUNDING LAB