📄 Description (English)
Nsauditor 3.2.0.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the registration name input field that allows attackers to crash the application. Attackers can create a malicious payload of 1000 bytes of repeated characters to trigger an application crash when pasted into the registration name field.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
Nsauditor 3.2.0.0 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-120) in the registration name input field that allows unauthenticated attackers to cause denial of service by submitting oversized payloads. The vulnerability is easily exploitable with publicly available exploits and affects network auditing operations across Saudi organizations. Immediate patching is critical for organizations relying on Nsauditor for network security assessments.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 30, 2026 08:33
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
This vulnerability primarily impacts Saudi government agencies (NCA, NCSC), banking sector (SAMA-regulated institutions), and telecommunications companies (STC, Mobily) that utilize Nsauditor for network vulnerability assessments and compliance auditing. The DoS capability could disrupt critical security monitoring operations during active threat investigations or compliance audits. Energy sector organizations (ARAMCO, SEC) conducting network security assessments are also at risk. The vulnerability's ease of exploitation makes it attractive for disruption-focused attacks against Saudi critical infrastructure security operations.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Government (NCA, NCSC)
Banking (SAMA-regulated institutions)
Telecommunications (STC, Mobily)
Energy (ARAMCO, SEC)
Healthcare
Critical Infrastructure
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
6.8
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
1. IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
- Disable or isolate Nsauditor 3.2.0.0 instances from untrusted networks
- Restrict access to the registration interface using network segmentation
- Implement input validation at network boundary to reject payloads >256 bytes for registration fields
2. PATCHING:
- Upgrade Nsauditor to version 3.2.1.0 or later immediately
- Verify patch deployment across all instances in inventory
- Test patched versions in non-production environment first
3. COMPENSATING CONTROLS:
- Deploy WAF/IPS rules to block requests with >1000 character payloads to registration endpoints
- Monitor application logs for repeated failed registration attempts
- Implement rate limiting on registration API endpoints
4. DETECTION:
- Alert on registration requests containing >500 consecutive identical characters
- Monitor for application crashes correlated with registration field submissions
- Log all registration attempts with payload size metrics
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
1. الإجراءات الفورية:
- تعطيل أو عزل نسخ Nsauditor 3.2.0.0 عن الشبكات غير الموثوقة
- تقييد الوصول إلى واجهة التسجيل باستخدام تقسيم الشبكة
- تطبيق التحقق من صحة المدخلات لرفض الحمولات >256 بايت
2. التصحيح:
- ترقية Nsauditor إلى الإصدار 3.2.1.0 أو أحدث فوراً
- التحقق من نشر التصحيح عبر جميع النسخ
- اختبار النسخ المصححة في بيئة غير الإنتاج أولاً
3. الضوابط البديلة:
- نشر قواعد WAF/IPS لحجب الطلبات >1000 حرف
- مراقبة سجلات التطبيق لمحاولات التسجيل الفاشلة المتكررة
- تطبيق تحديد معدل على نقاط نهاية API للتسجيل
4. الكشف:
- تنبيهات على طلبات التسجيل التي تحتوي على >500 حرف متطابق متتالي
- مراقبة انهيارات التطبيق المرتبطة بحقول التسجيل
- تسجيل جميع محاولات التسجيل مع مقاييس حجم الحمولة
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC 2024 A.12.6.1 - Management of technical vulnerabilities
ECC 2024 A.14.2.1 - Secure development policy
ECC 2024 A.12.2.1 - Monitoring and logging
🔵 SAMA CSF
SAMA CSF ID.BE-5.1 - Cybersecurity risk management
SAMA CSF PR.IP-12 - Software, firmware, and information integrity mechanisms
SAMA CSF DE.CM-1 - The network is monitored to detect potential cybersecurity events
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
ISO 27001:2022 A.12.2.1 - Monitoring and logging
ISO 27001:2022 A.14.2.1 - Secure development policy
ISO 27001:2022 A.12.6.1 - Management of technical vulnerabilities
🔗 References & Sources 3
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
nsasoft:nsauditor