Path Traversal in Oisf Suricata

CVE-2023-35852

In Suricata before 6.0.13 (when there is an adversary who controls an external source of rules), a dataset filename, that comes from a rule, may trigger absolute or relative directory traversal, and lead to write access to a local filesystem. This is addressed in 6.0.13 by requiring allow-absolute-filenames and allow-write (in the datasets rules configuration section) if an installation requires traversal/writing in this situation.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.011 (62.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-35852?
CVE-2023-35852 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oisf Suricata, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-06-19.
How severe is CVE-2023-35852?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-35852 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.