CVE-2025-52889: low-severity vulnerability in lxc incus
Incus vulnerable to DoS through antispoofing nftables firewall rule bypass on bridge networks with ACLs
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8Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 3.4epss 0.3%
Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. When using an ACL on a device connected to a bridge, Incus version 6.12 and 6.13 generates nftables rules for local services (DHCP, DNS...) that partially bypass security options `security.mac_filtering`, `security.ipv4_filtering` and `security.ipv6_filtering`. This can lead to DHCP pool exhaustion and opens the door for other attacks. A patch is available at commit 2516fb19ad8428454cb4edfe70c0a5f0dc1da214.
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected products
lxc · incusRelated CVEs — lxc incus
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