TI-2023-13463 Aliases CVE-2023-29002 GHSA-pg5p-wwp8-97g8

Debug mode leaks confidential data in Cilium

LOW 33CWE-532Published 2023-04-18 · Updated 2025-02-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-532.

Summary

Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. When run in debug mode, Cilium will log the contents of the `cilium-secrets` namespace. This could include data such as TLS private keys for Ingress and GatewayAPI resources. An attacker with access to debug output from the Cilium containers could use the resulting output to intercept and modify traffic to and from the affected cluster. Output of the sensitive information would occur at Cilium agent restart, when secrets in the namespace are modified, and on creation of Ingress or GatewayAPI resources. This vulnerability is fixed in Cilium releases 1.11.16, 1.12.9, and 1.13.2. Users unable to upgrade should disable debug mode.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00197 9th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed cilium (cilium): 1.11.16, 1.12.9, 1.13.2github.com/cilium/cilium (Go): 1.11.16, 1.12.9, 1.13.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
cilium	cilium	1.7 to before 1.11.16; 1.12.0 to before 1.12.9; 1.13.0 to before 1.13.2	1.11.16, 1.12.9, 1.13.2	Patch available	CNA
—	github.com/cilium/cilium (Go)	1.7.0 – 1.10.0	—	No fix listed	GHSA-pg5p-wwp8-97g8
—	github.com/cilium/cilium (Go)	1.11.0 to before 1.11.16	1.11.16	Patch available	GHSA-pg5p-wwp8-97g8
—	github.com/cilium/cilium (Go)	1.12.0 to before 1.12.9	1.12.9	Patch available	GHSA-pg5p-wwp8-97g8
—	github.com/cilium/cilium (Go)	1.13.0 to before 1.13.2	1.13.2	Patch available	GHSA-pg5p-wwp8-97g8

cilium Vendorcilium Affected 1.7 to before 1.11.16; 1.12.0 to before 1.12.9; 1.13.0 to before 1.13.2 Fixed in 1.11.16, 1.12.9, 1.13.2 Patch available CNA
github.com/cilium/cilium (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.7.0 – 1.10.0 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-pg5p-wwp8-97g8
github.com/cilium/cilium (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.11.0 to before 1.11.16 Fixed in 1.11.16 Patch available GHSA-pg5p-wwp8-97g8
github.com/cilium/cilium (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.12.0 to before 1.12.9 Fixed in 1.12.9 Patch available GHSA-pg5p-wwp8-97g8
github.com/cilium/cilium (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.13.0 to before 1.13.2 Fixed in 1.13.2 Patch available GHSA-pg5p-wwp8-97g8

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:cilium:cilium::::::::	1.7.0 to before 1.11.16; 1.12.0 to before 1.12.9; 1.13.0 to before 1.13.2	Vulnerable	cilium

cpe:2.3:a:cilium:cilium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.7.0 to before 1.11.16; 1.12.0 to before 1.12.9; 1.13.0 to before 1.13.2 Vulnerable ·cilium

Remediation

Fix · CNA cilium (cilium) Fixed in 1.11.16, 1.12.9, 1.13.2
Fix · GHSA-pg5p-wwp8-97g8 github.com/cilium/cilium (Go) Fixed in 1.11.16 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-pg5p-wwp8-97g8 github.com/cilium/cilium (Go) Fixed in 1.12.9 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-pg5p-wwp8-97g8 github.com/cilium/cilium (Go) Fixed in 1.13.2 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-29002
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pg5p-wwp8-97g8

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

https://github.com/cilium/cilium

TI-2024-32092 CIDR deny policies may not take effect when a more narrow CIDR allow is present CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
TI-2023-12305 Cilium eBPF filters may be temporarily removed during agent restart CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-20486 Cilium NetworkPolicy bypass via pod labels CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
TI-2022-11721 Incorrect Default Permissions in Cilium CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2026-36600 Cilium: Sensitive information disclosure and cluster disruption via local Envoy admin socket access CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.2
TI-2026-40915 Cilium: Namespaced HTTPRoutes can redirect traffic to other namespaces CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.9

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Sources

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