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TI-2024-16859 Aliases CVE-2024-25631GHSA-x989-52fc-4vr4

Unencrypted traffic between pods when using Wireguard and an external kvstore

Priority LOW 29CWE-311Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-311.

Summary

Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. For Cilium users who have enabled an external kvstore and Wireguard transparent encryption, traffic between pods in the affected cluster is not encrypted. This issue affects Cilium v1.14 before v1.14.7 and has been patched in Cilium v1.14.7. There is no workaround to this issue.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.002 9th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed cilium (cilium): 1.14.7github.com/cilium/cilium (Go): 1.14.7

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ciliumciliumbefore 1.14.71.14.7Patch availableCNA
—github.com/cilium/cilium (Go)1.14.0 to before 1.14.71.14.7Patch availableGHSA-x989-52fc-4vr4
  • cilium Vendorcilium Affected before 1.14.7 Fixed in 1.14.7 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/cilium/cilium (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.14.0 to before 1.14.7 Fixed in 1.14.7 Patch available GHSA-x989-52fc-4vr4

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cilium:cilium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.14.0 to before 1.14.7Vulnerablecilium
  • cpe:2.3:a:cilium:cilium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.14.0 to before 1.14.7 Vulnerable ·cilium

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA cilium (cilium) Fixed in 1.14.7
  • Fix · GHSA-x989-52fc-4vr4 github.com/cilium/cilium (Go) Fixed in 1.14.7 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-25631
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x989-52fc-4vr4

References

Advisory 2

Other 4

  • 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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