Vulnerability in Cilium

CVE-2024-28249

Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. Prior to versions 1.13.13, 1.14.8, and 1.15.2, in Cilium clusters with IPsec enabled and traffic matching Layer 7 policies, IPsec-eligible traffic between a node's Envoy proxy and pods on other nodes is sent unencrypted and IPsec-eligible traffic between a node's DNS proxy and pods on other nodes is sent unencrypted. This issue has been resolved in Cilium 1.15.2, 1.14.8, and 1.13.13. There is no known workaround for this issue.

EPSS: 0.003 (19.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

  • Cilium — versions < 1.13.13, >= 1.14.0, < 1.14.8, >= 1.15.0, < 1.15.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-28249?
CVE-2024-28249 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cilium, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-03-18.
How severe is CVE-2024-28249?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-28249 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.