{"cve":"CVE-2024-31420","nvd":{"published":"2024-04-03T14:15:18.310","modified":"2026-06-17T07:28:24.290","status":"Deferred","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":6.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-31420","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2272951","https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-31420","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2272951"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:47:51.568503435+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-31420","score":0.00644,"percentile":0.50907,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-vjhf-6xfr-5p9g","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-vjhf-6xfr-5p9g","summary":"KubeVirt NULL pointer dereference flaw","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:11.408530751Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"kubevirt.io/kubevirt","purl":"pkg:golang/kubevirt.io/kubevirt","ranges":["<=1.2.0"],"fixed":[]}]},{"id":"GO-2024-2688","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2024-2688","summary":"KubeVirt NULL pointer dereference flaw in kubevirt.io/kubevirt","modified":"2026-06-20T18:29:20.930790540Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"kubevirt.io/kubevirt","purl":"pkg:golang/kubevirt.io/kubevirt","ranges":["all versions"],"fixed":[]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}