Information disclosure in Cilium

CVE-2026-41520

Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. Prior to versions 1.17.15, 1.18.9, and 1.19.3, the output of cilium-bugtool can contain sensitive data when the tool is run against Cilium deployments with WireGuard encryption enabled. This issue has been patched in versions 1.17.15, 1.18.9, and 1.19.3.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.9 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (0.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 0th percentile — 0.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-41520: held from 0.001 to 0.001.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: +0.000

Affected products

  • Cilium — versions < 1.17.15, >= 1.18.0, < 1.18.9, >= 1.19.0, < 1.19.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-41520?
CVE-2026-41520 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cilium, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.9/10. Published 2026-05-08.
How severe is CVE-2026-41520?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.9 out of 10.