CVE-2024-2182 MEDIUM

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

Vendor Red Hat
Product Fast Datapath for RHEL 7
Weakness CWE-346 · Origin validation
Published March 12, 2024
Last update November 8, 2025
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CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 12, 2024 CVE published
November 8, 2025 Record updated