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TI-2008-05327 Aliases CVE-2008-5617GHSA-8fh8-56w4-443q

The ACL handling in rsyslog 3.12.1 to 3.20.0, 4.1.0, and 4.1.1 does not follow…

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

The ACL handling in rsyslog 3.12.1 to 3.20.0, 4.1.0, and 4.1.1 does not follow $AllowedSender directive, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and spoof log messages or create a large number of spurious messages.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02194 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 28

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.12.1Vulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.12.2Vulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.12.3Vulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.12.4Vulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.12.5Vulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.13.0Vulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.15.0Vulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.15.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*3.15.1 betaVulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.17.0Vulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.17.1Vulnerablersyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.12.1 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.12.2 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.12.3 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.12.4 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.12.5 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.13.0 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.15.0 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.15.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.15.1 beta Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.17.0 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.17.1 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
Show 18 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.17.4:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*3.17.4 betaVulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.17.5:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*3.17.5 betaVulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.19.0Vulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.19.1Vulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.19.2Vulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.19.3Vulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.19.4Vulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.19.5Vulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.19.6Vulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.19.7Vulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.19.8Vulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.19.9Vulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.19.10Vulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.19.11Vulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.19.12Vulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.20.0Vulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.0Vulnerablersyslog
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.1Vulnerablersyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.17.4:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.17.4 beta Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.17.5:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.17.5 beta Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.19.0 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.19.1 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.19.2 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.19.3 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.19.4 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.19.5 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.19.6 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.19.7 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.19.8 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.19.9 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.19.10 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.19.11 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.19.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.19.12 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:3.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.20.0 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.0 Vulnerable ·rsyslog
  • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.1 Vulnerable ·rsyslog

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-5617
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8fh8-56w4-443q

References

Patch 1

Other 2

  • TI-2019-12711 An issue was discovered in Rsyslog v8.1908.0. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-12712 An issue was discovered in Rsyslog v8.1908.0. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-12710 contrib/pmdb2diag/pmdb2diag.c in Rsyslog v8.1908.0 allows out-of-bounds access because the level length is mishandled. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-09315 The zmq3 input and output modules in rsyslog before 8.28.0 interpreted description fields… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-08713 Buffer overflow in TCP syslog server (receiver) components in rsyslog CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2014-02955 rsyslog before 7.6.6 and 8.x before 8.4.1 and sysklogd 1.5 and earlier allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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