CVE-2025-48016 (GCVE-0-2025-48016)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-20 15:12 – Updated: 2025-05-20 15:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Improper Control of Interaction Frequency
Summary
OpenFlow discovery protocol can exhaust resources because it is not rate limited
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-20 15:54 UTC
CWE
- CWE-799 - Improper Control of Interaction Frequency
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories | SEL-5056 Software-Defined Network Flow Controller |
Affected:
0 , < 2.16.0
(custom)
|
guessed |
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