# CVE-2025-52889: Incus vulnerable to DoS through antispoofing nftables firewall rule bypass on bridge networks with ACLs

- Also known as: GHSA-9Q7C-QMHM-JV86, GO-2025-3781
- Severity: CVSS 3.4 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.14.0
- Published: 2025-06-25 · Updated: 2025-06-25

## Affected

- lxc incus: from 6.12, through 6.13
- github.com/lxc/incus/v6 (Go): fixed in 6.14.0
- github.com/lxc/incus (Go): all versions
- github.com/lxc/incus/v6 (Go): from 6.12.0, fixed in 6.14.0

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on lxc incus, github.com/lxc/incus/v6, github.com/lxc/incus, upgrade to a fixed version (6.14.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-9q7c-qmhm-jv86
- https://github.com/lxc/incus/commit/2516fb19ad8428454cb4edfe70c0a5f0dc1da214
- https://github.com/lxc/incus/commit/a7c33301738aede3c035063e973b1d885d9bac7c

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