CVE-2026-42268
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CVE-2026-42268 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx. From 3.0.0 to before 3.0.15, there is an unhandled exception (std::out_of_range) caused by unsigned integer underflow in libmodsecurity3 if the user (administrator) uses a rule any of @verifySSN, @verifyCPF, or @verifySVNR. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx. From 3.0.0 to before 3.0.15, there is an unhandled exception (std::out_of_range) caused by unsigned integer underflow in libmodsecurity3 if the user (administrator) uses a rule any of @verifySSN, @verifyCPF, or @verifySVNR. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.0.15.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Owasp | Modsecurity | >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.15 |
References
- https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/security/advisories/GHSA-vwr3-7x7g-7p9wExploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity/security/advisories/GHSA-vwr3-7x7g-7p9wExploit, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
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