CVE-2025-12490

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12490
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-12490.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-12490
Published
2025-11-06T20:10:57.257Z
Modified
2026-07-08T06:27:51.225174046Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Netgate pfSense CE Suricata Path Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "pfSense 2.8.1, Suricata package 7.0.8_3"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "pfSense 2.8.1, Suricata package 7.0.8_3"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/12xxx/CVE-2025-12490.json",
    "cna_assigner": "zdi",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-22"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/pfsense/freebsd-ports

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/pfsense/freebsd-ports
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
Database specific
{
    "source": "REFERENCES"
}

Affected versions

Other
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Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-12490.json"