This release includes 2 security fixes for security teams reviewing exposed deployments.
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Affected surfaces
ReleasePort's take
Moderate signalRelease 6.1.2 patches a pre‑authentication buffer overflow in the SNMPv3 USM parser and an out‑of‑bounds read in the NXCP binary message parser.
Why it matters: The fixes address critical remote code execution risks (severity 95) that affect any deployment using SNMPv3 or NXCP; apply the update immediately to prevent exploitation.
Summary
AI summaryFixed pre‑authentication buffer overflow in SNMPv3 USM parser and OOB read in NXCP binary message parser.
Changes in this release
| Type | Severity | Summary | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security | Critical |
Fixes pre-authentication buffer overflow in SNMPv3 USM parser Fixes pre-authentication buffer overflow in SNMPv3 USM parser Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-26 Confidence: high |
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| Security | Critical |
Fixes pre-authentication out-of-bounds read in NXCP binary message parser Fixes pre-authentication out-of-bounds read in NXCP binary message parser Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-26 Confidence: high |
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| Feature | Low |
Adds nofollow option to file manager subagent for configured roots Adds nofollow option to file manager subagent for configured roots Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-26 Confidence: high |
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| Feature | Low |
Allows specifying script entry point in "execute NXSL script" actions Allows specifying script entry point in "execute NXSL script" actions Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-26 Confidence: high |
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| Feature | Low |
Adds Cisco performance monitoring template Adds Cisco performance monitoring template Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-26 Confidence: high |
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| Performance | Medium |
Improves performance of data migration from versions before 6.0 Improves performance of data migration from versions before 6.0 Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-26 Confidence: high |
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| Bugfix | Medium |
Fixes intermittent SNMP proxy failures Fixes intermittent SNMP proxy failures Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-26 Confidence: high |
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| Bugfix | Medium |
Fixes regression in SNMP walk handling of randomly ordered table rows Fixes regression in SNMP walk handling of randomly ordered table rows Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-26 Confidence: high |
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| Bugfix | Medium |
Fixes SHA-1 + AES‑192/256 and SHA‑224 + AES‑256 key extension bug in SNMP library Fixes SHA-1 + AES‑192/256 and SHA‑224 + AES‑256 key extension bug in SNMP library Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-26 Confidence: high |
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| Bugfix | Medium |
Fixes default object tool Connect SSH issues Fixes default object tool Connect SSH issues Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-26 Confidence: high |
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Full changelog
Changes
- Script entry point can be specified in "execute NXSL script" actions
- Improved performance of data migration when upgrading from versions before 6.0
- File manager subagent supports
nofollow(do not follow symlinks) option for configured roots - Notification channel drivers that accepts endpoint URLs in configuration or as recipient explicitly forbids any protocols besides http(s)
- Fixed intermittent SNMP proxy failures
- Fixed regression in SNMP walk that broke handling of buggy agents returning table rows in random order
- Fixed pre-authentication buffer overflow in SNMPv3 USM parser
- Fixed bug in updating instance discovery DCIs from templates
- Fixed pre-authentication OOB read in NXCP binary message parser
- Fixed the SHA-1 + AES-192/256 and SHA-224 + AES-256 key extension bug in SNMP library
- Fixed default object tool Connect SSH
- Fixed issues with language switch in nxmc
- Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation
- Added cisco performance monitoring template
Fixed issues
- #2290 / NX-2081 (Allow to go to object details from event log source with right click option)
- #3195 (Slow query from idata tables on MySQL)
- #3199 (Add agent metric to read smartctl raw values)
- #3200 (Port in Ports view should be selected when right-clicking it)
- #3208 (Add Nodes via ARP Cache Tab)
- #3211 (Set browser document title for RWT shells)
- #3212 (filemgr subagent: path-traversal weaknesses in CheckFullPath / GetRealPath)
- #3214 (Wrong localized texts in Web UI)
- #3219 (Legacy web API: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: jakarta/servlet/ServletContext)
- #3222 (Dragging of tabs to currenly hidden docking area)
- #3223 (Allow dragging tabs from main area to docking areas)
Security Fixes
- CVE-2024-XXXXX – Fixed pre‑authentication buffer overflow in SNMPv3 USM parser
- CVE-2024-YYYYY – Fixed pre‑authentication out‑of‑bounds read in NXCP binary message parser
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