Check Point Advisories

Net-SNMP Buffer Overflow (CVE-2025-68615)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2025-10477
Date Published:	7 Jan 2026
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 07 January, 2026
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2025-68615
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Net-SNMP prior to 5.9.5 Net-SNMP prior to 5.10.pre2
Vulnerability Description	A buffer overflow vulnerability in Net-SNMP allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service condition by sending a specially crafted packet to the snmptrapd daemon.

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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Net-SNMP Buffer Overflow (CVE-2025-68615) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: SNMP Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Net-SNMP Buffer Overflow (CVE-2025-68615)