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CVE-2025-68615

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  • Published2025-12-23
  • Fixed in5.9.5
  • WeaknessCWE-119

Am I affected?

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2025-12-2300:15CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD
Net-snmp
BranchAffectedFixed in
5.9< 5.9.55.9.5
5.10= 5.10no fix published
Debian debian linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
11.0= 11.0no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As GitHub_M, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • net-snmp
    Affected
    • = < 5.9.5no fix stated
    • = >= 5.10.pre1, < 5.10.pre2no fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2025-12-22

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • net-snmpUbuntu:Pro:20.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.9+esm2
  • net-snmpUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3.8+esm1
  • net-snmpUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6+esm2
  • net-snmpUbuntu:Pro:14.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3.3+esm4
  • net-snmpUbuntu:25.10all versions · fixed in 5.9.4+dfsg-2ubuntu2.1
  • net-snmpUbuntu:24.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 5.9.4+dfsg-1.1ubuntu3.2
  • net-snmpUbuntu:22.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 5.9.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2.9
  • net-snmpTuxCare:OracleLinux:7all versions · fixed in 1:5.7.2-49.0.1.el7_9.4.tuxcare.els1and 8 other packages

93 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2025-68615 Red Hat Product Security589 products fixed · 8 known affected

    net-snmp: buffer overflow via a specially crafted packet can cause a crash in snmptrapd

    net-snmp as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · net-snmp-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · net-snmp-libs as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · +5 more

  • RHSA-2026:0926 Red Hat Product Security5 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: net-snmp security update

  • RHSA-2026:0853 Red Hat Product Security86 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: net-snmp security update

  • RHSA-2026:0851 Red Hat Product Security156 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: net-snmp security update

  • RHSA-2026:0852 Red Hat Product Security68 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: net-snmp security update

  • RHSA-2026:0850 Red Hat Product Security33 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: net-snmp security update

8 more advisories

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Net-snmp to 5.9.5
  2. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2026:0926 · 5 productsFor details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
  3. Workaround from the vendor Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2026:0926 · 57 productsMake sure to restrict network traffic to the snmptrapd daemon using firewall rules to allow connections only from known and trusted users and that SNMP ports are not open to public networks. This will limit the exposure of this issue and reduce the likelihood of exploitation.

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

  • NVDCVE recordread 2026-10-23
  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2026-04-30
  • CNACVSS 3.19.8known since 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-119known since 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score42.4 %read 2026-11-09
  • OSVaffected packages—

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2025-12-23
Last Modified
2026-10-19
NVD status
Analyzed

Frequently asked questions

What is 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.

Is CVE-2025-68615 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2025-68615 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 42.4% on 2026-11-09, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-68615?

CVE-2025-68615 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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