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CVE-2008-5617
The ACL handling in rsyslog 3.12.1 to 3.20.0, 4.1.0, and 4.1.1 does not follow $AllowedSender directive, which allows remote attackers to…
High8.5EPSS 2.2%
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- mitre
Description
The ACL handling in rsyslog 3.12.1 to 3.20.0, 4.1.0, and 4.1.1 does not follow $AllowedSender directive, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and spoof log messages or create a large number of spurious messages.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High8.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.2% · top 17% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- http://www.rsyslog.com/Article327.phtml (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- rsyslog-allowedsender-security-bypass(47080) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.rsyslog.com/Article322.phtml (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.rsyslog.com/Topic4.phtml (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32630 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 32857 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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