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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-10-29 | Published 2025-11-06 | Updated 2025-11-06 | Assigner zdi




HIGH: 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Product status

Default status
unknown

pfSense 2.8.1, Suricata package 7.0.8_3
affected

References

www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-979/ (ZDI-25-979)

github.com/...ommit/36b2303dfca35a1183d76f26bcc6ce26d4ea682d (vendor-provided URL) vendor-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2025-12490)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-12490)

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