CVE-2025-69233 Apache CloudStack: Domain/account resources limits not honored
Attackers can bypass resource limits via race conditions to exhaust infrastructure resources, causing denial of service in Apache CloudStack.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-69233?
CVE-2025-69233 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Cloudstack, published on 8 May 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Due to multiple time-of-check time-of-use race conditions in the resource count check and increment logic, as well as missing validations, users of the platform are able to exceed the allocation limits configured for their accounts/domains. This can be used by an attacker to degrade the infrastructure's resources and lead to denial of service conditions.
Users are recommended to upgrade to Apache CloudStack versions 4.20.3.0 or 4.22.0.1, or later, which fixes this issue.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-69233?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apache Cloudstack.
How do I fix CVE-2025-69233?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-69233 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-69233 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-69233 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2012-4501 Missing authorization in n/a
- CVE-2024-38346 Apache CloudStack: Unauthenticated cluster service port leads to remote execution
- CVE-2024-39864 Apache CloudStack: Integration API service uses dynamic port when disabled
- CVE-2024-29006 Apache CloudStack: x-forwarded-for HTTP header parsed by default
- CVE-2022-35741 Apache CloudStack SAML Single Sign-On XXE
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jj3r-fj56-xf97.