SUSE update for ignition

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU105461

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-22868

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the jws package does not properly control consumption of internal resources when handling malformed tokens. A remote attacker can pass a malformed JWT token to the application, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package ignition to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro: 5.1

ignition-debuginfo: before 2.14.0-150300.4.13.1

ignition-dracut-grub2: before 2.14.0-150300.4.13.1

ignition: before 2.14.0-150300.4.13.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_micro:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:ignition-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:ignition-dracut-grub2:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:ignition:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-202502035-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.