medium6.5
CVE-2024-31420
KubeVirt NULL pointer dereference flaw
Impact
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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | kubevirt.io/kubevirt | <= 1.2.0 | none recorded |