CVE-2025-43915

MEDIUM EPSS 19.5%

Published May 5, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

6.5 CVSS 3.1

Medium

Published May 5, 2025 1y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

In Linkerd edge releases before edge-25.2.1, and Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd releases 2.13.0–2.13.7, 2.14.0–2.14.10, 2.15.0–2.15.7, 2.16.0–2.16.4, and 2.17.0–2.17.1, resource exhaustion can occur for Linkerd proxy metrics.

CVSS Details

Base Score

6.5

Exploitability

2.2

Impact

4.2

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

User Interaction None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

19.5% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Resource Mgmt

Affected Products 6

Vendor	Product	Version	Range
linkerd	buoyant	*	≥2.13.0 – ≤2.13.7
linkerd	buoyant	*	≥2.14.0 – ≤2.14.10
linkerd	buoyant	*	≥2.15.0 – ≤2.15.7
linkerd	buoyant	*	≥2.16.0 – <2.16.5
linkerd	buoyant	*	≥2.17.0 – <2.17.2
linkerd	linkerd	*	<25.2.1

References 2

docs.buoyant.io https://docs.buoyant.io/security/advisories/2025-01/

Vendor Advisory
buoyant.io https://www.buoyant.io/resources

Product

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.