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CVE-2025-12490

Published: Nov 6, 2025

Modified: Nov 6, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

8.8

HIGH

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.

VendorProductVersions

Netgate

pfSense

affected
pfSense 2.8.1, Suricata package 7.0.8_3

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

ZDI-25-979
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vendor-provided URL
vendor-advisory

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