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ModSecurity -- possible DoS vulnerability

Affected packages
ap24-mod_security < 2.9.10

Details

VuXML ID fa1d42c8-42fe-11f0-a9fa-b42e991fc52e
Discovery 2025-06-02
Entry 2025-06-06

security-advisories@github.com reports:

ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx. Versions prior to 2.9.10 contain a denial of service vulnerability similar to GHSA-859r-vvv8-rm8r/CVE-2025-47947. The `sanitiseArg` (and `sanitizeArg` - this is the same action but an alias) is vulnerable to adding an excessive number of arguments, thereby leading to denial of service. Version 2.9.10 fixes the issue. As a workaround, avoid using rules that contain the `sanitiseArg` (or `sanitizeArg`) action.

References

CVE Name CVE-2025-48866
URL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48866