Out-of-bounds Read Affecting spiderlabs/modsecurity package, versions [,3.0.15)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.44% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SPIDERLABSMODSECURITY-16425744
  • published6 May 2026
  • disclosed5 May 2026
  • creditEsadCetiner

Introduced: 5 May 2026

CVE-2026-30923  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade spiderlabs/modsecurity to version 3.0.15 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read via the t:hexDecode transformation when processing a query string parameter containing a single character. An attacker can cause worker processes to crash by sending specially crafted requests, resulting in service disruption until the attack ceases and processes recover.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1