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.
Published: 2025-05-05
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-13396 Linkerd resource exhaustion vulnerability
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-42mr-jpwh-m9rv Linkerd resource exhaustion vulnerability
History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0006}

 epss

{'score': 0.00063}

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linkerd
Linkerd buoyant
Linkerd linkerd
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:linkerd:buoyant:*:*:*:*:enterprise:linkerd:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linkerd:linkerd:*:*:*:*:edge:kubernetes:*:*
Vendors & Products Linkerd
Linkerd buoyant
Linkerd linkerd

Mon, 19 May 2025 15:30:00 +0000

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Description In Buoyant Edge releases before edge-25.2.1 and Enterprise for Linkerd releases 2.16.* before 2.16.5, 2.17.* before 2.17.2, and 2.18.* before 2.18.0, resource exhaustion can occur for Linkerd proxy metrics. 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.

Mon, 05 May 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-400
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 05 May 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In Buoyant Edge releases before edge-25.2.1 and Enterprise for Linkerd releases 2.16.* before 2.16.5, 2.17.* before 2.17.2, and 2.18.* before 2.18.0, resource exhaustion can occur for Linkerd proxy metrics.
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Linkerd Buoyant Linkerd
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-19T15:10:54.584Z

Reserved: 2025-04-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-43915

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-05T17:28:52.640Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-05-05T17:18:49.603

Modified: 2025-06-17T14:12:57.600

Link: CVE-2025-43915

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses