{"id":"CVE-2024-31420","aliases":["GO-2024-2688"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2024-31420","summary":"KubeVirt NULL pointer dereference flaw","details":"A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in KubeVirt. This flaw allows an attacker who has access to a virtual machine guest on a node with DownwardMetrics enabled to cause a denial of service by issuing a high number of calls to vm-dump-metrics --virtio and then deleting the virtual machine.","published":"2024-04-03T15:30:42Z","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:11.408530751Z","cvss":{"score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"kubevirt.io/kubevirt","fixedVersion":null}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-31420"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-31420"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2272951"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-09-10T03:50:11.408530751Z"}}