SCA: security update for github.com/cilium/cilium (GHSA-5vxx-c285-pcq4)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434610

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. Versions 1.15.0
to 1.15.15, 1.16.0 to 1.16.8, and 1.17.0 to 1.17.2, are vulnerable when using Wireguard transparent
encryption in a Cilium cluster, packets that originate from a terminating endpoint can leave the source
node without encryption due to a race condition in how traffic is processed by Cilium. This issue has been
patched in versions 1.15.16, 1.16.9, and 1.17.3. There are no workarounds available for this issue.
(CVE-2025-32793)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5vxx-c285-pcq4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 434610

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-32793

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/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: 4/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-32793