CVE-2025-48016 Improper Control of Interaction Frequency
Attackers can exhaust resources via unthrottled OpenFlow discovery protocol, causing denial of service on SEL flow controllers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-48016?
CVE-2025-48016 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5056 Software-Defined Network Flow Controller, published on 20 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
OpenFlow discovery protocol can exhaust resources because it is not rate limited
Weakness: CWE-799
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48016?
How do I fix CVE-2025-48016?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48016 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-48016 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48016 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pw23-46f3-853x.