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CVE-2023-38285

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-07-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-407

Description

Trustwave ModSecurity 3.x before 3.0.10 has Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity.

Affected products

• owasp-modsecurity ModSecurity: from 3.0.0 before 3.0.10 — fixed in 3.0.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: owasp-modsecurity ModSecurity 3.0.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/modsecurity-v3-dos-vulnerability-in-four-transformations-cve-2023-38285/
• https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/security-resources/software-updates/end-of-sale-and-trustwave-support-for-modsecurity-web-application-firewall/
• https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/modsecurity-v3-dos-vulnerability-in-four-transformations-cve-2023-38285/
• https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/security-resources/software-updates/end-of-sale-and-trustwave-support-for-modsecurity-web-application-firewall/

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