CVE-2025-52890

Incus vulnerable to antispoofing nftables firewall rule bypass on bridge networks with ACLs

Published Jun 25, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 8.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. When using an ACL on a device connected to a bridge, Incus versions 6.12 and 6.13generates nftables rules that partially bypass security options `security.mac_filtering`, `security.ipv4_filtering` and `security.ipv6_filtering`. This can lead to ARP spoofing on the bridge and to fully spoof another VM/container on the same bridge. Commit 254dfd2483ab8de39b47c2258b7f1cf0759231c8 contains a patch for the issue.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-19114 Incus creates nftables rules that partially bypass security options
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-p7fw-vjjm-2rwp Incus creates nftables rules that partially bypass security options
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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00029}

epss

{'score': 0.00033}

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. When using an ACL on a device connected to a bridge, Incus versions 6.12 and 6.13generates nftables rules that partially bypass security options `security.mac_filtering`, `security.ipv4_filtering` and `security.ipv6_filtering`. This can lead to ARP spoofing on the bridge and to fully spoof another VM/container on the same bridge. Commit 254dfd2483ab8de39b47c2258b7f1cf0759231c8 contains a patch for the issue.
Title Incus vulnerable to antispoofing nftables firewall rule bypass on bridge networks with ACLs
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jun 25, 2025, 5:54 PM
Reserved
Jun 20, 2025, 5:42 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jun 25, 2025, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:37 AM