CVE-2024-25631: cilium — Fix

Description

Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. For Cilium users who have enabled an external kvstore and Wireguard transparent encryption, traffic between pods in the affected cluster is not encrypted. This issue affects Cilium v1.14 before v1.14.7 and has been patched in Cilium v1.14.7. There is no workaround to this issue.

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CVSS v3.1 Score

6.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-311 CWE-311

CWE-319 CWE-319

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
cilium	cilium	1.14.0 — 1.14.7

References

Advisories & Patches

https://github.com/cilium/cilium/security/advisories/GHSA-x989-52fc-4vr4 https://github.com/cilium/cilium/security/advisories/GHSA-x989-52fc-4vr4

Other References

https://docs.cilium.io/en/stable/installation/k8s-install-external-etcd/#when-do-i-need-to-use-a-kvstore https://docs.cilium.io/en/stable/security/network/encryption-wireguard/#encryption-wg https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.14.7 https://docs.cilium.io/en/stable/installation/k8s-install-external-etcd/#when-do-i-need-to-use-a-kvstore https://docs.cilium.io/en/stable/security/network/encryption-wireguard/#encryption-wg https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.14.7

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-25631? +

Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. For Cilium users who have enabled an external kvstore and Wireguard transparent encryption, traffic between pods in the affected cluster is not encrypted. This issue affects Cilium v1.14 before v1.14.7 and has been patched in Cilium v1.14.7. There is no workaround to this issue. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-25631? +

CVE-2024-25631 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.1 out of 10, rated MEDIUM. This is a medium-severity vulnerability that should be remediated as part of regular maintenance.

What products are affected by CVE-2024-25631? +

CVE-2024-25631 affects products from cilium, specifically: cilium. Check the affected products table above for specific version ranges.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2024-25631? +

You can use Secably's free Website Scanner to check your website for known vulnerabilities. For infrastructure scanning, use the Port Scanner to identify exposed services that may be affected. Check the vendor advisories linked above for specific patch and version information.

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