Vulnerability in Crowdstrike Falcon Container Sensor
CVE-2025-1146
CrowdStrike uses industry-standard TLS (transport layer security) to secure communications from the Falcon sensor to the CrowdStrike cloud. CrowdStrike has identified a validation logic error in the Falcon sensor for Linux, Falcon Kubernetes Admission Controller, and Falcon Container Sensor where our TLS connection routine to the CrowdStrike cloud can incorrectly process server certificate validation. This could allow an attacker with the ability to control network traffic to potentially conduct a man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack. CrowdStrike identified this issue internally and released a security fix in all Falcon sensor for Linux, Falcon Kubernetes Admission Controller, and Falcon Container Sensor versions 7.06 and above. CrowdStrike identified this issue through our longstanding, rigorous security review process, which has been continually strengthened with deeper source code analysis and ongoing program enhancements as part of our commitment to security resilience. CrowdStrike has no indication of any exploitation of this issue in the wild. CrowdStrike has leveraged its world class threat hunting and intelligence capabilities to actively monitor for signs of abuse or usage of this flaw and will continue to do so. Windows and Mac sensors are not affected by this.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (16.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 16.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Crowdstrike Falcon Container Sensor — versions 7.21.6003, 7.20, 7.19
- Crowdstrike Falcon Kubernetes Admission Controller — versions 7.21.1904, 7.20, 7.18
- Crowdstrike Falcon Sensor For Linux — versions 7.21.17405, 7.20, 7.19
Weakness classification (CWE)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-1146?
- CVE-2025-1146 is a high-severity vulnerability in Crowdstrike Falcon Container Sensor, classified under Improper Following of a Certificate's Chain of Trust. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2025-02-12.
- How severe is CVE-2025-1146?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.