Trustwave ModSecurity 3.0.5 through 3.0.8 before 3.0.9 allows a denial of service (worker…
Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-770Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
Trustwave ModSecurity 3.0.5 through 3.0.8 before 3.0.9 allows a denial of service (worker crash and unresponsiveness) because some inputs cause a segfault in the Transaction class for some configurations.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00731 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:owasp:modsecurity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.0.5 to before 3.0.9 | Vulnerable | owasp-modsecurity |
- cpe:2.3:a:owasp:modsecurity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.5 to before 3.0.9 Vulnerable ·owasp-modsecurity
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat JBoss Core Services
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-28882
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wgcm-rvmx-wh95
References
More owasp-modsecurity Modsecurity vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-37865 ModSecurity: Multipart form-data parser silently strips embedded line breaks from… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-30581 ModSecurity: Unsigned integer underflow in @verifySSN / @verifyCPF / @verifySVNR operators CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
- TI-2026-23748 libModSecurity3 denial of service via segfault when using t:hexDecode on single-character query strings CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
- TI-2025-31022 ModSecurity has possible DoS vulnerability in sanitiseArg action CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-34348 ModSecurity's Insufficient Return Value Handling can Lead to XSS and Source Code Disclosure CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2024-00942 WAF bypass of the ModSecurity v3 release line CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
Sources
- CVE-2023-28882 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-28882 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wgcm-rvmx-wh95 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-28882 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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