Check Point Advisories

Netgate Suricata Directory Traversal (CVE-2025-12490)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2025-7027
Date Published: 14 Dec 2025
Severity: High
Last Updated: Sunday 14 December, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2025-12490
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Netgate Suricata
Vulnerability Description A directory traversal vulnerability in Netgate Suricata allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files on affected installations. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create files in the context of root.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Netgate Suricata Directory Traversal (CVE-2025-12490) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Netgate Suricata Directory Traversal (CVE-2025-12490)

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