CVE-2024-31420

CVSS 3.1 Score 6.5 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Apr 3, 2024
CWE ID 476

Summary

CVE-2024-31420 is a newly identified vulnerability affecting KubeVirt. This issue involves a NULL pointer dereference flaw that can be exploited by attackers with access to a virtual machine guest on a node with DownwardMetrics enabled. By making a large number of calls to vm-dump-metrics --virtio and subsequently deleting the virtual machine, an attacker can trigger a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability poses a potential risk to organizations using KubeVirt and should be addressed promptly by implementing appropriate patches or workarounds.

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