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CVE-2025-4437
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Date: August 20, 2025
There's a vulnerability in the CRI-O application where when container is launched with securityContext.runAsUser specifying a non-existent user, CRI-O attempts to create the user, reading the container's entire /etc/passwd file into memory. If this file is excessively large, it can cause the a high memory consumption leading applications to be killed due to out-of-memory. As a result a denial-of-service can be achieved, possibly disrupting other pods and services running in the same host.
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Severity Score
Weakness Type (CWE)
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CWE-770Top Fix
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Upgrade to version github.com/cri-o/cri-o - no_fix
CVSS v3.1
| Base Score: |
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| Attack Vector (AV): | NETWORK |
| Attack Complexity (AC): | LOW |
| Privileges Required (PR): | LOW |
| User Interaction (UI): | REQUIRED |
| Scope (S): | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality (C): | NONE |
| Integrity (I): | NONE |
| Availability (A): | HIGH |