CVE-2025-52889 describes a low-severity vulnerability in Incus versions 6.12 and 6.13, a system container and virtual machine manager. When an ACL is used on a device connected to a bridge, Incus improperly generates nftables rules, partially bypassing security filtering options. This flaw, categorized as CWE-770 (Improper Limitation of a Resource), could lead to DHCP pool exhaustion and potentially other attacks. The CVSS score is 3.4 (LOW) with an attack vector of Adjacent Network and high privileges required, indicating a limited impact of only availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lxc | Incus | >= 6.12, <= 6.13CNA affected |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
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