Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting nerdctl package, versions <0:2.1.5-1.amzn2.0.2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.63% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-NERDCTL-13880079
  • published11 Nov 2025
  • disclosed29 Oct 2025

Introduced: 29 Oct 2025

CVE-2025-61723  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 nerdctl to version 0:2.1.5-1.amzn2.0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2025-3070.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nerdctl package and not the nerdctl package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

The processing time for parsing some invalid inputs scales non-linearly with respect to the size of the input. This affects programs which parse untrusted PEM inputs.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1