CVE-2026-30923

libModSecurity3 denial of service via segfault when using t:hexDecode on single-character query strings

Published May 5, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx. Libmodsecurity is one component of the ModSecurity v3 project. A segmentation fault occurs when a rule using the t:hexDecode transformation inspects a query string parameter containing a single character. An attacker can exploit this to crash worker processes, causing a denial of service. Service resumes once the attack stops as worker processes recover from the segfault. All versions before 3.0.15 of libModSecurity3 are affected. This has been patched in version 3.0.15.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Owasp
Owasp modsecurity
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:owasp:modsecurity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Owasp
Owasp modsecurity
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Modsecurity
Modsecurity modsecurity
Vendors & Products Modsecurity
Modsecurity modsecurity
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx. Libmodsecurity is one component of the ModSecurity v3 project. A segmentation fault occurs when a rule using the t:hexDecode transformation inspects a query string parameter containing a single character. An attacker can exploit this to crash worker processes, causing a denial of service. Service resumes once the attack stops as worker processes recover from the segfault. All versions before 3.0.15 of libModSecurity3 are affected. This has been patched in version 3.0.15.
Title libModSecurity3 denial of service via segfault when using t:hexDecode on single-character query strings
Weaknesses CWE-125
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
May 5, 2026, 7:21 PM
Reserved
Mar 7, 2026, 4:40 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 5, 2026, 7:16 PM
Modified
Jul 25, 2026, 11:10 AM