CVE-2025-12490

Netgate pfSense CE Suricata Path Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files on affected installations of Netgate pfSense. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Suricata package. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create files in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-28085.

CVSS 3.0

8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 97% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-22

Published

2025-11-06

Modified

2026-10-07

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/36b2303dfca35a1183d76f26bcc6ce26d4ea682d
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-979/

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