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CVE-2025-12490

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
0.20081
Risk score
42.23
CISA KEV
No
PoC
No
Published
2025-11-06
Modified
2025-11-06
First seen
2026-08-07
Aliases
EUVD-2025-38174, GHSA-7X36-V2P9-4W5J
Products
Netgate:pfSense pfSense 2.8.1, Suricata package 7.0.8_3
Sources
euvd EUVD-2025-38174

Description

Netgate pfSense CE Suricata Path Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files on affected installations of Netgate pfSense. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Suricata package. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create files in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-28085.

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