Excessive Platform Resource Consumption within a Loop Affecting mod_security-mlogc-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.9.10-1.amzn2023.0.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-MODSECURITYMLOGCDEBUGINFO-10498036
  • published24 Jun 2025
  • disclosed2 Jun 2025

Introduced: 2 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-48866  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1050  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 mod_security-mlogc-debuginfo to version 0:2.9.10-1.amzn2023.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-1026.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mod_security-mlogc-debuginfo package and not the mod_security-mlogc-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx. Versions prior to 2.9.10 contain a denial of service vulnerability similar to GHSA-859r-vvv8-rm8r/CVE-2025-47947. The sanitiseArg (and sanitizeArg - this is the same action but an alias) is vulnerable to adding an excessive number of arguments, thereby leading to denial of service. Version 2.9.10 fixes the issue. As a workaround, avoid using rules that contain the sanitiseArg (or sanitizeArg) action.

CVSS Base Scores

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