Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data in antrea.io/antrea
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-311.
Summary
Antrea is a Kubernetes networking solution intended to be Kubernetes native. Prior to 2.4.5 and 2.5.2, a missing encryption vulnerability affects inter-Node Pod traffic. In Antrea clusters configured for dual-stack networking with IPsec encryption enabled (trafficEncryptionMode: ipsec), Antrea fails to apply encryption for IPv6 Pod traffic. While the IPv4 traffic is correctly encrypted via ESP (Encapsulating Security Payload), traffic using IPv6 is transmitted in plaintext. This occurs because the packets are encapsulated (using Geneve or VXLAN) but bypass the IPsec encryption layer. Impacted Users: users with dual-stack clusters and IPsec encryption enabled. Single-stack IPv4 or IPv6 clusters are not affected. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.4.5 and 2.5.2.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| antrea-io | antrea | before 2.4.5; 2.5.0 to before 2.5.2 | 2.4.5, 2.5.2 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | antrea.io/antrea (Go) | 1.11.0 and later | — | No fix listed | GHSA-qcmw-8mm4-4p28 |
| — | antrea.io/antrea (Go) | 2.5.0 and later | — | No fix listed | GHSA-qcmw-8mm4-4p28 |
| — | antrea.io/antrea (Go) | before 1.11.0-alpha.0.0.20260225185322-738bad662b20 | 1.11.0-alpha.0.0.20260225185322-738bad662b20 | Patch available | GHSA-qcmw-8mm4-4p28 |
- antrea Vendorantrea-io Affected before 2.4.5; 2.5.0 to before 2.5.2 Fixed in 2.4.5, 2.5.2 Patch available CNA
- antrea.io/antrea (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.11.0 and later Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-qcmw-8mm4-4p28
- antrea.io/antrea (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.5.0 and later Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-qcmw-8mm4-4p28
- antrea.io/antrea (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.11.0-alpha.0.0.20260225185322-738bad662b20 Fixed in 1.11.0-alpha.0.0.20260225185322-738bad662b20 Patch available GHSA-qcmw-8mm4-4p28
Remediation
- Fix · CNA antrea (antrea-io) Fixed in 2.4.5, 2.5.2
- Fix · GHSA-qcmw-8mm4-4p28 antrea.io/antrea (Go) Fixed in 1.11.0-alpha.0.0.20260225185322-738bad662b20 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-34992
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qcmw-8mm4-4p28
References
Patch 5
- https://github.com/antrea-io/antrea/security/advisories/GHSA-qcmw-8mm4-4p28
- https://github.com/antrea-io/antrea/pull/7757
- https://github.com/antrea-io/antrea/pull/7759
- https://github.com/antrea-io/antrea/commit/738bad662b20a5d358d19466936176ef580a9b07
- https://github.com/antrea-io/antrea/blob/main/docs/traffic-encryption.md
More backstage Antrea vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-20867 Antrea has invalid enforcement order for network policy rules caused by integer overflow CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-34992 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-34992 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qcmw-8mm4-4p28 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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