CVE-2025-48866
Public on 2025-06-02
        Modified on 2025-09-25
        
      Description
            
              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.
            
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        CVSS v3 Base Score
          
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        Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | mod_security | No Fix Planned | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | mod_security | 2025-06-12 | ALAS2-2025-2887 | Fixed | 
| Amazon Linux 2023 | mod_security | 2025-06-23 | ALAS2023-2025-1026 | Fixed | 
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | 
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |