VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2025-68615
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.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 42.8%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 42.8%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 42.84% probability · 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- net-snmp/net-snmp · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/security/advisories/GHSA-4389-rwqf-q9gqVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/09/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-68615-detection-script-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-affecting-net-snmpExploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-68615-mitigation-script-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-affecting-net-snmpMitigation, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.