CVE-2023-35852

moderate-risk
Published 2023-06-19

In Suricata before 6.0.13 (when there is an adversary who controls an external source of rules), a dataset filename, that comes from a rule, may trigger absolute or relative directory traversal, and lead to write access to a local filesystem. This is addressed in 6.0.13 by requiring allow-absolute-filenames and allow-write (in the datasets rules configuration section) if an installation requires traversal/writing in this situation.

Do I need to act?

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0.91% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Oisf

References (9)

Patch https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/735f5aa9ca3b28cfacc7a443f93a44387fbacf17
Patch https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/aee1523b4591430ebed1ded0bb95508e6717a335
Vendor Advisory https://github.com/OISF/suricata/compare/suricata-6.0.12...suricata-6.0.13
Not Applicable https://www.stamus-networks.com/stamus-labs
Patch https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/735f5aa9ca3b28cfacc7a443f93a44387fbacf17
Patch https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/aee1523b4591430ebed1ded0bb95508e6717a335
Vendor Advisory https://github.com/OISF/suricata/compare/suricata-6.0.12...suricata-6.0.13
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00029.html
Not Applicable https://www.stamus-networks.com/stamus-labs
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moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal