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CVE-2026-25804VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2026-25804: antrea · Improper Authentication

Affects antreaSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.0 High : upgrade to 2.4.3 or 2.3.2 soon.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 08:30 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.0High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 42% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 2.4.3, 2.3.2
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 6 Feb 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade antrea to 2.4.3 or 2.3.2; antrea-io/antrea to 2.3.2.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
antrea-ioantreaAffected
  • <2.3.2
  • >=2.4.0 <2.4.3
Fixed in
  • 2.4.3
  • 2.3.2
GitHubantrea-io/antreapkg:github/antrea-io/antreaOther threatsAffected
  • <2.3.2
Fixed in
  • 2.3.2

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AI-suggested

To mitigate this vulnerability, European organizations should immediately upgrade Antrea to version 2.4.3 or later, where the overflow bug is fixed. Prior to upgrading, audit existing network policies to identify unusually large or complex priority configurations that might trigger the overflow. Implement strict change management and monitoring of network policy deployments to detect anomalous traffic flows indicative of policy bypass. Employ network segmentation and zero-trust principles at multiple layers to reduce reliance on a single enforcement mechanism. Consider deploying runtime security tools that monitor Kubernetes network traffic for policy violations. Additionally, maintain up-to-date Kubernetes and CNI plugin versions, and subscribe to vendor security advisories. For environments where immediate upgrade is not feasible, restrict access to the Kubernetes API and control plane to trusted administrators and networks to reduce exploitation risk. Finally, document and test incident response plans for potential network policy breaches.

Description

Antrea is a Kubernetes networking solution intended to be Kubernetes native. Prior to versions 2.3.2 and 2.4.3, Antrea's network policy priority assignment system has a uint16 arithmetic overflow bug that causes incorrect OpenFlow priority calculations when handling a large numbers of policies with various priority values. This results in potentially incorrect traffic enforcement. This issue has been patched in versions 2.4.3.

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