CVE-2023-27594
MEDIUMCilium < 1.11.15, 1.12.0-1.12.7, 1.13.0 - Network Policy Bypass via IPv6 NodePort Traffic Misattribution
Title source: llmDescription
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. Prior to versions 1.11.15, 1.12.8, and 1.13.1, under specific conditions, Cilium may misattribute the source IP address of traffic to a cluster, identifying external traffic as coming from the host on which Cilium is running. As a consequence, network policies for that cluster might be bypassed, depending on the specific network policies enabled. This issue only manifests when Cilium is routing IPv6 traffic and NodePorts are used to route traffic to pods. IPv6 and endpoint routes are both disabled by default. The problem has been fixed and is available on versions 1.11.15, 1.12.8, and 1.13.1. As a workaround, disable IPv6 routing.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/cilium/cilium/security/advisories/GHSA-8fg8-jh2h-f2hc
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.11.15
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.12.8
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.13.1
Scores
CVSS v3
4.2
EPSS
0.0055
EPSS Percentile
41.7%
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-285
CWE-863
Status
published
Products (2)
cilium/cilium
< 1.11.15
cilium/cilium
0 - 1.11.15Go
Published
Mar 17, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026