CVE-2025-12490: Netgate pfSense CE Suricata Path Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Netgate · pfSense
Vendor fix available · Affected: Netgate pfSense · Exploitation: likely to be exploited (10% or more)
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Higher than 97% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Netgate · pfSensepfSense 2.8.1, Suricata package 7.0.8_3
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- Exploitation
- Likely to be exploited (10% or more). EPSS gives it a 10% or higher chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Netgate
- Published
- November 2025
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