CVE-2025-68615

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: December 23, 2025 Modified: February 19, 2026
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/security/advisories/GHSA-4389-rwqf-q9gq
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/09/2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00000.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory Mailing List
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-68615-detection-script-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-affecting-net-snmp
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mitigation Third Party Advisory Exploit

5 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
15th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

net-snmp debian