CVE-2025-43915

Published May 5, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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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
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0006}

epss

{'score': 0.00063}

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
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. 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.
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'}

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.
References
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
May 19, 2025, 3:10 PM
Reserved
Apr 19, 2025, 12:00 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 5, 2025, 5:18 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:24 AM