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SCA: security update for github.com/linkerd/linkerd2 (GHSA-42mr-jpwh-m9rv)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434737

Description

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

 - In Linkerd edge releases before edge-25.2.1, and Buoyant Enterprise for Linkerd releases 2.13.0–2.13.7,
 2.14.0–2.14.10, 2.15.0–2.15.7, 2.16.0–2.16.4, and 2.17.0–2.17.1, resource exhaustion can occur for Linkerd
 proxy metrics. (CVE-2025-43915)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-42mr-jpwh-m9rv

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 434737

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 6/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 52.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-43915

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-43915

cwe: CWE-400