UBUNTU-CVE-2025-52889

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-52889
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-52889.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-52889
Upstream
Published
2025-06-25T17:15:00Z
Modified
2026-01-20T18:50:42.003357Z
Severity
  • 3.4 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. When using an ACL on a device connected to a bridge, Incus version 6.12 and 6.13 generates nftables rules for local services (DHCP, DNS...) that partially bypass security options security.mac_filtering, security.ipv4_filtering and security.ipv6_filtering. This can lead to DHCP pool exhaustion and opens the door for other attacks. A patch is available at commit 2516fb19ad8428454cb4edfe70c0a5f0dc1da214.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS / incus

Package

Name
incus
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/incus@6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.4-1ubuntu1
0.5.1-1
0.5.1-3
0.6-1

6.*

6.0.0-1
6.0.0-1ubuntu0.1
6.0.0-1ubuntu0.2
6.0.0-1ubuntu0.2+esm1
6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3
6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm1
6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "golang-github-lxc-incus-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "incus",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "incus-agent",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "incus-client",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "incus-migrate",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "incus-tools",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-52889.json"

Ubuntu:25.10 / incus

Package

Name
incus
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/incus@6.0.4-2?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.0.3-4
6.0.4-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "golang-github-lxc-incus-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0.4-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "incus",
            "binary_version": "6.0.4-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "incus-agent",
            "binary_version": "6.0.4-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "incus-base",
            "binary_version": "6.0.4-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "incus-client",
            "binary_version": "6.0.4-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "incus-extra",
            "binary_version": "6.0.4-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-52889.json"