Out-of-Bounds Affecting net-snmp-perl package, versions <1:5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-NETSNMPPERL-15058236
  • published22 Jan 2026
  • disclosed23 Dec 2025

Introduced: 23 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-68615  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 net-snmp-perl to version 1:5.7.2-49.amzn2.1.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2026-3124.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream net-snmp-perl package and not the net-snmp-perl package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

net-snmp is a SNMP application library, tools and daemon. Prior to versions 5.9.5 and 5.10.pre2, a specially crafted packet to an net-snmp snmptrapd daemon can cause a buffer overflow and the daemon to crash. This issue has been patched in versions 5.9.5 and 5.10.pre2.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1