CVE-2025-68615

net-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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/security/advisories/GHSA-4389-rwqf-q9gq	Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/09/2	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00000.html	Vendor Advisory Mailing List
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-68615-detection-script-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-affecting-net-snmp	Mitigation Third Party Advisory Exploit
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-68615-mitigation-script-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-affecting-net-snmp	Mitigation Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:net-snmp:net-snmp::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:net-snmp:net-snmp:5.10:pre1::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-12-23 00:15

Updated : 2026-02-19 16:09

NVD link : CVE-2025-68615

Mitre link : CVE-2025-68615

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-68615

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Products Affected

net-snmp

net-snmp

debian

debian_linux

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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