Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. When using an ACL on a device connected to a bridge, Incus versions 6.12 and 6.13generates nftables rules that partially bypass security options security.mac_filtering, security.ipv4_filtering and security.ipv6_filtering. This can lead to ARP spoofing on the bridge and to fully spoof another VM/container on the same bridge. Commit 254dfd2483ab8de39b47c2258b7f1cf0759231c8 contains a patch for the issue.
CVE-2025-52890
This high-severity CVE scores 8.1 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 69% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 8.1
- EG Score
- 8.1(medium)
- EPSS
- 9.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 25, 2025
Last Modified
April 15, 2026
References (3)
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/lxc/incus/commit/254dfd2483ab8de39b47c2258b7f1cf0759231c8
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-p7fw-vjjm-2rwp
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-p7fw-vjjm-2rwp
Affected Packages
(2 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/lxc/incus | — | — | — |
| github.com/lxc/incus/v6 | — | 6.14.0 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
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