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CVE-2025-43915

 

Severity Score

6.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2025-04-19 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-05-05 CVE Published
  • 2025-05-19 CVE Updated
  • 2025-06-18 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Linkerd
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 Buoyant
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*-
Affected
Linkerd
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 Linkerd
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Affected