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Cilium CVE-2025-32793

MEDIUM
Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information (CWE-319)
2025-04-21 security-advisories@github.com
4.0
CVSS 3.1 · GitHub Advisory
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GitHub Advisory PRIMARY
4.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
SUSE
3.1 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Primary rating from GitHub Advisory.

CVSS VectorGitHub Advisory

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Analysis Generated
Mar 28, 2026 - 18:38 vuln.today
Patch released
Mar 28, 2026 - 18:38 nvd
Patch available
CVE Published
Apr 21, 2025 - 16:15 nvd
MEDIUM 4.0

DescriptionGitHub Advisory

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.

AnalysisAI

Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-319. 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. Affected products include: Cilium.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Low
Product Status
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container:latest Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container:latest Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/kvm-os-container:latest Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/rt-os-container:latest Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/toolbox:latest Image SL-Micro Image SLE-Micro Image SLE-Micro-Azure Image SLE-Micro-BYOS Image SLE-Micro-BYOS-Azure Image SLE-Micro-BYOS-EC2 Image SLE-Micro-BYOS-GCE Image SLE-Micro-EC2 Image SLE-Micro-GCE Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 Fixed
openSUSE Tumbleweed Fixed

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