ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx. From 3.0.0 to before 3.0.15, there is an unhandled exception (std::out_of_range) caused by unsigned integer underflow in libmodsecurity3 if the user (administrator) uses a rule any of @verifySSN, @verifyCPF, or @verifySVNR. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.0.15.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
owasp-modsecurity ModSecurity affected
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>= 3.0.0, < 3.0.15 affected —

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Tue, 12 May 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Description ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx. From 3.0.0 to before 3.0.15, there is an unhandled exception (std::out_of_range) caused by unsigned integer underflow in libmodsecurity3 if the user (administrator) uses a rule any of @verifySSN, @verifyCPF, or @verifySVNR. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.0.15.
Title ModSecurity: Unsigned integer underflow in @verifySSN / @verifyCPF / @verifySVNR operators
Weaknesses CWE-191
CWE-248
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-12T21:40:19.031Z

Reserved: 2026-04-26T11:53:27.706Z

Link: CVE-2026-42268

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-12T22:16:34.337

Modified: 2026-05-12T22:16:34.337

Link: CVE-2026-42268

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Updated: 2026-05-13T00:45:26Z

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