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CVE-2025-29917

6.2 · MEDIUM

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine.

Published Apr 10, 2025CWE-770EPSS 0.27%

Overview

CVE-2025-29917 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on April 10, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.2 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.2, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. The bytes setting in the decode_base64 keyword is not properly limited. Due to this, signatures using the keyword and setting can cause large memory allocations of up to 4 GiB per thread. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.9.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

GitHubgithub.com/OISF/suricata/commit/32d0bd2bbb4d486623dec85a94952fde2515f2f0GitHubgithub.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-x8c9-8553-j9pxRefredmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/7613

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-29917?

CVE-2025-29917 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on April 10, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.2 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2025-29917?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.2, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2025-29917?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2025-29917?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2025-29917 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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