CVE-2023-28882

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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/security-resources/software-updates/announcing-modsecurity-version-309/	Release Notes
https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/security-resources/software-updates/announcing-modsecurity-version-309/	Release Notes

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:owasp:modsecurity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

03 Jul 2025, 20:59

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Owasp modsecurity Owasp
CPE	cpe:2.3:a:trustwave:modsecurity::::::::	cpe:2.3:a:owasp:modsecurity::::::::

30 Jan 2025, 21:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-770

21 Nov 2024, 07:56

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/security-resources/software-updates/announcing-modsecurity-version-309/ - Release Notes~~	() https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/security-resources/software-updates/announcing-modsecurity-version-309/ - Release Notes

Information

Published : 2023-04-28 04:15

Updated : 2025-07-03 20:59

NVD link : CVE-2023-28882

Mitre link : CVE-2023-28882

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-28882

JSON object : View

Products Affected

owasp

modsecurity

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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