Net-SNMP snmptrapd crash

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Summary

CVECVE-2025-68615
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGitHub_M
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-12-23 00:15:43 UTC
Updated2026-10-19 22:10:00 UTC
Descriptionnet-snmp is a SNMP application library, tools and daemon. Prior to versions 5.9.5 and 5.10.pre2, a specially crafted packet to an net-snmp snmptrapd daemon can cause a buffer overflow and the daemon to crash. This issue has been patched in versions 5.9.5 and 5.10.pre2.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.423600000 probability, percentile 0.986920000 (date 2026-10-19)

Problem Types: CWE-119 | CWE-119 CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp All All All All
Application Net-snmp Net-snmp 5.10 pre1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Net-snmp Net-snmp affected < 5.9.5 Not specified
CNA Net-snmp Net-snmp affected >= 5.10.pre1, < 5.10.pre2 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/09/2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00000.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/security/advisories/GHSA-4389-rwqf-q9gq [email protected] github.com Vendor Advisory
www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-68615-mitigation-script-buffer-overfl... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vicarius.io Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-68615-detection-script-buffer-overflo... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vicarius.io Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
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