In Buoyant Edge releases before edge-25.2.1 and Enterprise for Linkerd releases 2.16.* before 2.16.5, 2.17.* before 2.17.2, and 2.18.* before 2.18.0, resource exhaustion can occur for Linkerd proxy metrics.
CVE ID: CVE-2025-43915
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Vendor: n/a
Product: n/a
EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 16.36% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-06-03 (when was this score calculated)