Auth bypass in Cilium

CVE-2026-53935

Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution. Prior to 1.17.16, from 1.18.2 to 1.18.9, and from 1.19.0 to 1.19.3, users with the ability to create CiliumLocalRedirectPolicies can specify arbitrary ClusterIPs via addressMatcher, enabling hijacking traffic to Services in any namespace and bypassing namespace scoping enforced by serviceMatcher; deleting such a policy can also corrupt Cilium internal service state and stop service translation for the affected Service. This issue is fixed in versions 1.17.16, 1.18.10, and 1.19.4.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.002 (11.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

  • Cilium — versions < 1.17.16, >= 1.18.2, < 1.18.10, >= 1.19.0, < 1.19.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-53935?
CVE-2026-53935 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cilium, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 6.9/10. Published 2026-07-07.
How severe is CVE-2026-53935?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.9 out of 10.