The CNI portmap plugin allows containers to emulate opening a host port, forwarding that traffic to the container. Versions 1.6.0 through 1.8.0 inadvertently forward all traffic with the same destination port as the host port when the portmap plugin is configured with the nftables backend, thus ignoring the destination IP. This includes traffic not intended for the node itself, i.e. traffic to containers hosted on the node. Containers that request HostPort forwarding can intercept all traffic destined for that port. This requires that the portmap plugin be explicitly configured to use the nftables backend. This issue is fixed in version 1.9.0. To workaround, configure the portmap plugin to use the iptables backend. It does not have this vulnerability.
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-jv3w-x3r3-g6rm CNA Plugins Portmap nftables backend can intercept non-local traffic
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Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:15:00 +0000

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Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 09 Dec 2025 23:30:00 +0000

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Description The CNI portmap plugin allows containers to emulate opening a host port, forwarding that traffic to the container. Versions 1.6.0 through 1.8.0 inadvertently forward all traffic with the same destination port as the host port when the portmap plugin is configured with the nftables backend, thus ignoring the destination IP. This includes traffic not intended for the node itself, i.e. traffic to containers hosted on the node. Containers that request HostPort forwarding can intercept all traffic destined for that port. This requires that the portmap plugin be explicitly configured to use the nftables backend. This issue is fixed in version 1.9.0. To workaround, configure the portmap plugin to use the iptables backend. It does not have this vulnerability.
Title CNI Plugins Portmap nftables backend intercepts non-local traffic
Weaknesses CWE-200
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-10T16:50:10.430Z

Reserved: 2025-12-08T20:58:24.641Z

Link: CVE-2025-67499

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-10T16:13:18.045Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-10T00:16:11.107

Modified: 2025-12-12T15:19:07.567

Link: CVE-2025-67499

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-09T23:13:22Z

Links: CVE-2025-67499 - Bugzilla

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