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GHSA-r7wr-4w5q-55m6

LowCVSS 3.4 / 10
Published Jun 16, 2023·Last modified Feb 4, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

When the Gateway API is enabled in Cilium, the absence of a check on the namespace in which a ReferenceGrant is created could result in Cilium gaining visibility of secrets (including certificates) and services across namespaces.

An attacker on an affected cluster can configure Cilium to use cluster secrets or communicate with services that it should not have access to.

Gateway API functionality is disabled by default.

Patches

This vulnerability is fixed in Cilium release 1.13.4.

Cilium versions <1.13 are not affected.

Workarounds

There is no workaround to this issue.

Acknowledgements

The Cilium community has worked together with members of Isovalent to prepare these mitigations. Special thanks to @meyskens for investigating and fixing the issue.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please reach out on Slack.

As usual, if you think you found a related vulnerability, we strongly encourage you to report security vulnerabilities to our private security mailing list: security@cilium.io - first, before disclosing them in any public forums. This is a private mailing list where only members of the Cilium internal security team are subscribed to, and is treated as top priority.

Risk Scores
Base Score
3.4

The vulnerability can be exploited over a local network, such as Wi-Fi. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs high-level or administrative privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability can affect other systems as well, not just the initial system. There is a low impact on the confidentiality of the information.

Threat Intelligence
3.1

Limited exploitation activity has been observed. Close monitoring and planned remediation are recommended.

EPSS
0.30%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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