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SCA: security update for github.com/cilium/cilium (GHSA-v6q2-4qr3-5cw6)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419134

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. Starting in
 version 1.14.0 and prior to versions 1.14.8 and 1.15.2, In Cilium clusters with WireGuard enabled and
 traffic matching Layer 7 policies Wireguard-eligible traffic that is sent between a node's Envoy proxy and
 pods on other nodes is sent unencrypted and Wireguard-eligible traffic that is sent between a node's DNS
 proxy and pods on other nodes is sent unencrypted. This issue has been resolved in Cilium 1.14.8 and
 1.15.2 in in native routing mode (`routingMode=native`) and in Cilium 1.14.4 in tunneling mode
 (`routingMode=tunnel`). Not that in tunneling mode, `encryption.wireguard.encapsulate` must be set to
 `true`. There is no known workaround for this issue. (CVE-2024-28250)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v6q2-4qr3-5cw6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 419134

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

Percentile: 51.16

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-28250

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-28250