๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2024-31420

MEDIUM 6.5

Cnv: dos through repeatedly calling vm-dump-metrics until virt handler crashes

CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in KubeVirt. This flaw allows an attacker who has access to a virtual machine guest on a node with DownwardMetrics enabled to cause a denial of service by issuing a high number of calls to vm-dump-metrics --virtio and then deleting the virtual machine.

CWE CWE-476
Published Apr 3, 2024
Last Updated Nov 20, 2025
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Affected Versions

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4
All versions affected

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-31420 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2272951