Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. When using an ACL on a device connected to a bridge, Incus versions 6.12 and 6.13generates nftables rules that partially bypass security options `security.mac_filtering`, `security.ipv4_filtering` and `security.ipv6_filtering`. This can lead to ARP spoofing on the bridge and to fully spoof another VM/container on the same bridge. Commit 254dfd2483ab8de39b47c2258b7f1cf0759231c8 contains a patch for the issue.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. When using an ACL on a device connected to a
    bridge, Incus versions 6.12 and 6.13generates nftables rules that partially bypass security options
    `security.mac_filtering`, `security.ipv4_filtering` and `security.ipv6_filtering`. This can lead to ARP
    spoofing on the bridge and to fully spoof another VM/container on the same bridge. Commit
    254dfd2483ab8de39b47c2258b7f1cf0759231c8 contains a patch for the issue. (CVE-2025-52890)

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

  - 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. (CVE-2025-52889)

  - Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. When using an ACL on a device connected to a
    bridge, Incus versions 6.12 and 6.13generates nftables rules that partially bypass security options
    `security.mac_filtering`, `security.ipv4_filtering` and `security.ipv6_filtering`. This can lead to ARP
    spoofing on the bridge and to fully spoof another VM/container on the same bridge. Commit
    254dfd2483ab8de39b47c2258b7f1cf0759231c8 contains a patch for the issue. (CVE-2025-52890)

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-83aa12829d advisory.

    New release of Incus. Release information: https://github.com/lxc/incus/releases/tag/v6.15.0


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-2edb6773ed advisory.

    New release of Incus. Release information: https://github.com/lxc/incus/releases/tag/v6.15.0


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. When using an ACL on a device connected to a     bridge, Incus versions 6.12 and 6.13generates nftables rules that partially bypass security options     `security.mac_filtering`, `security.ipv4_filtering` and `security.ipv6_filtering`. This can lead to ARP     spoofing on the bridge and to fully spoof another VM/container on the same bridge. Commit     254dfd2483ab8de39b47c2258b7f1cf0759231c8 contains a patch for the issue. (CVE-2025-52890)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
436782	SCA: security update for github.com/lxc/incus/v6 (GHSA-p7fw-vjjm-2rwp)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
436782	SCA: security update for github.com/lxc/incus/v6 (GHSA-p7fw-vjjm-2rwp)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
436241	Alpine: multiple incus-feature packages: security update to 6.14.0-r0	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
436241	Alpine: multiple incus-feature packages: security update to 6.14.0-r0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
246919	Fedora 41 : incus (2025-83aa12829d)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	high
246918	Fedora 42 : incus (2025-2edb6773ed)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	high
245014	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-52890	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high

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