CVE-2023-38285

highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.009 · 59 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.90% (59th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Trustwave ModSecurity 3.x before 3.0.10 has Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-407USprimary

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
owasp modsecurity3.0.0 → 3.0.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:owasp:modsecurity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami modsecurity3.0.0 → 3.0.10osvUSpkg:bitnami/modsecurity
Bitnami modsecurity23.0.0 → 3.0.10osvUSpkg:bitnami/modsecurity2

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1901Trustwave ModSecurity: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2023-07-26csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Trustwave ModSecurity ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
BIT-modsecurity-2023-382852024-03-06vendor · osvUS
Trustwave ModSecurity 3.x before 3.0.10 has Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity.
BIT-modsecurity2-2023-382852024-03-06vendor · osvUS
Trustwave ModSecurity 3.x before 3.0.10 has Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

CNNVD-202307-2114 cnnvd
EUVD-2023-42105 enisa_euvd
GHSA-wf6m-89q7-h9jh enisa_euvd
BIT-modsecurity-2023-38285osv
BIT-modsecurity2-2023-38285osv

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-07-26modified 2026-06-17

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references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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