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CVE-2025-12490

Netgate pfSense CE Suricata Path Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 17.0%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.0%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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.

CVSS 3.0: 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 16.95% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-22
Source: zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com

EPSS trend

EPSS moved from 17.0% on 7 October 2026 to 17.0% on 31 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.