CVE-2025-43915 describes a resource exhaustion vulnerability affecting Linkerd edge releases prior to edge-25.2.1 and specific versions of Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd, where Linkerd proxy metrics can be overwhelmed. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely with high attack complexity, potentially leading to a high impact on availability and a low impact on integrity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.13.0, <= 2.13.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:linkerd:buoyant:*:*:*:*:enterprise:linkerd:*:* | ||
>= 2.14.0, <= 2.14.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:linkerd:buoyant:*:*:*:*:enterprise:linkerd:*:* | ||
>= 2.15.0, <= 2.15.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:linkerd:buoyant:*:*:*:*:enterprise:linkerd:*:* | ||
>= 2.16.0, < 2.16.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:linkerd:buoyant:*:*:*:*:enterprise:linkerd:*:* | ||
>= 2.17.0, < 2.17.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:linkerd:buoyant:*:*:*:*:enterprise:linkerd:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
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