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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical

Status

Analyzed - security-advisories@github.com

Published

2025-12-23

Last modified

2026-10-19

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Net-snmp (Net-snmp)

References

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