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CVE-2025-68160
medium
CVSS 4.7
Out-of-Bounds Write in dos (CVE-2025-68160)
Summary
out-of-bounds write in dos (CVE-2025-68160). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2025-68160** has been found in dos.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 4.7/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "dos CVE-2025-68160" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-68160 (dos) — CWE-787 / CVSS v3 4.7
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**out-of-bounds write** (CWE-787) exists in dos.
📍 Affected scope
dos — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.7/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'dos' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'dos' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `dos` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/384011202af92605d926fafe4a0bcd6b65d162ad
- web https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/475c466ef2fbd8fc1df6fae1c3eed9c813fc8ff6
- web https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/4c96fbba618e1940f038012506ee9e21d32ee12c
- web https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/6845c3b6460a98b1ec4e463baa2ea1a63a32d7c0
- web https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/68a7cd2e2816c3a02f4d45a2ce43fc04fac97096
- web https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260127.txt
- web https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- web https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68160
- web https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g78j-46j5-97cr