ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx. From 3.0.0 to before 3.0.15, there is an unhandled exception (std::out_of_range) caused by unsigned integer underflow in libmodsecurity3 if the user (administrator) uses a rule any of @verifySSN, @verifyCPF, or @verifySVNR. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.0.15.

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Thu, 14 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Owasp
Owasp modsecurity
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:owasp:modsecurity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Owasp
Owasp modsecurity
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Thu, 14 May 2026 13:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 13 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000

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Modsecurity modsecurity
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Modsecurity modsecurity

Tue, 12 May 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Description ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx. From 3.0.0 to before 3.0.15, there is an unhandled exception (std::out_of_range) caused by unsigned integer underflow in libmodsecurity3 if the user (administrator) uses a rule any of @verifySSN, @verifyCPF, or @verifySVNR. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.0.15.
Title ModSecurity: Unsigned integer underflow in @verifySSN / @verifyCPF / @verifySVNR operators
Weaknesses CWE-191
CWE-248
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-14T12:34:20.932Z

Reserved: 2026-04-26T11:53:27.706Z

Link: CVE-2026-42268

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-14T12:34:11.396Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-05-12T22:16:34.337

Modified: 2026-05-14T14:49:57.730

Link: CVE-2026-42268

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-13T09:45:09Z

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