CVE-2024-28248
highpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.006 · 49 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. Starting in version 1.13.9 and prior to versions 1.13.13, 1.14.8, and 1.15.2, Cilium's HTTP policies are not consistently applied to all traffic in the scope of the policies, leading to HTTP traffic being incorrectly and intermittently forwarded when it should be dropped. This issue has been patched in Cilium 1.15.2, 1.14.8, and 1.13.13. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.6–7.2
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affected products (31)
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advisories (9)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-68mj-9pjq-mc85Intermittent HTTP policy bypass2024-03-18ghsa · osvUS
### Impact Cilium's [HTTP policies](https://docs.cilium.io/en/stable/security/policy/language/#http) are not consistently applied to all traffic in the scope of the policies, leading to HTTP traffic being incorrectly and intermittently forwarded when it should be dropped. ### Patches This issue affects: * Cilium v1.13 between v1.13.9 and v1.13.12 inclusive * Cilium v1.14 between v1.14.0 and v1.14.7 inclusive * Cilium v1.15.0 and v1.15.1 This issue has been patched in: * Cilium v1.15.2 * Cilium v1.14.8 * Cilium v1.13.13 ### Workarounds There is no workaround for this issue – affected users are strongly encouraged to upgrade. ### Acknowledgements The Cilium community has worked together with members of Isovalent to prepare these mitigations. Special thanks to @romikps for discovering and reporting this issue, and @sayboras and @jrajahalme for preparing the fix. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please reach out on [Slack](https://docs.cilium.io/en/latest/community/community/#slack). If you think you have found a vulnerability affecting Cilium, we strongly encourage you to report it to our security mailing list at [security@cilium.io](mailto:security@cilium.io). This is a private mailing list for the Cilium internal security team, and your report will be treated as top priority.
- BIT-cilium-2024-282482024-05-15vendor · osvUS
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. Starting in version 1.13.9 and prior to versions 1.13.13, 1.14.8, and 1.15.2, Cilium's HTTP policies are not consistently applied to all traffic in the scope of the policies, leading to HTTP traffic being incorrectly and intermittently forwarded when it should be dropped. This issue has been patched in Cilium 1.15.2, 1.14.8, and 1.13.13. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
- BIT-cilium-operator-2024-282482024-05-15vendor · osvUS
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. Starting in version 1.13.9 and prior to versions 1.13.13, 1.14.8, and 1.15.2, Cilium's HTTP policies are not consistently applied to all traffic in the scope of the policies, leading to HTTP traffic being incorrectly and intermittently forwarded when it should be dropped. This issue has been patched in Cilium 1.15.2, 1.14.8, and 1.13.13. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
- BIT-cilium-proxy-2024-282482024-07-01vendor · osvUS
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. Starting in version 1.13.9 and prior to versions 1.13.13, 1.14.8, and 1.15.2, Cilium's HTTP policies are not consistently applied to all traffic in the scope of the policies, leading to HTTP traffic being incorrectly and intermittently forwarded when it should be dropped. This issue has been patched in Cilium 1.15.2, 1.14.8, and 1.13.13. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
- BIT-hubble-2024-282482024-06-04vendor · osvUS
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. Starting in version 1.13.9 and prior to versions 1.13.13, 1.14.8, and 1.15.2, Cilium's HTTP policies are not consistently applied to all traffic in the scope of the policies, leading to HTTP traffic being incorrectly and intermittently forwarded when it should be dropped. This issue has been patched in Cilium 1.15.2, 1.14.8, and 1.13.13. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
- BIT-hubble-relay-2024-282482024-05-24vendor · osvUS
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. Starting in version 1.13.9 and prior to versions 1.13.13, 1.14.8, and 1.15.2, Cilium's HTTP policies are not consistently applied to all traffic in the scope of the policies, leading to HTTP traffic being incorrectly and intermittently forwarded when it should be dropped. This issue has been patched in Cilium 1.15.2, 1.14.8, and 1.13.13. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
- BIT-hubble-ui-2024-282482024-07-01vendor · osvUS
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. Starting in version 1.13.9 and prior to versions 1.13.13, 1.14.8, and 1.15.2, Cilium's HTTP policies are not consistently applied to all traffic in the scope of the policies, leading to HTTP traffic being incorrectly and intermittently forwarded when it should be dropped. This issue has been patched in Cilium 1.15.2, 1.14.8, and 1.13.13. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
- BIT-hubble-ui-backend-2024-282482024-07-01vendor · osvUS
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. Starting in version 1.13.9 and prior to versions 1.13.13, 1.14.8, and 1.15.2, Cilium's HTTP policies are not consistently applied to all traffic in the scope of the policies, leading to HTTP traffic being incorrectly and intermittently forwarded when it should be dropped. This issue has been patched in Cilium 1.15.2, 1.14.8, and 1.13.13. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
- GO-2024-2653HTTP policy bypass in github.com/cilium/cilium2024-03-22vendor · osvUS
Cilium's HTTP policies are not consistently applied to all traffic in the scope of the policies, leading to HTTP traffic being incorrectly and intermittently forwarded when it should be dropped.
also known as (12)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
- CNNVD-202403-1779cnnvd
- EUVD-2024-0842enisa_euvd
- GHSA-68mj-9pjq-mc85enisa_euvd
- BIT-cilium-2024-28248osv
- BIT-cilium-operator-2024-28248osv
- BIT-cilium-proxy-2024-28248osv
- BIT-hubble-2024-28248osv
- BIT-hubble-relay-2024-28248osv
- BIT-hubble-ui-2024-28248osv
- BIT-hubble-ui-backend-2024-28248osv
- GHSA-68mj-9pjq-mc85osv
- GO-2024-2653osv
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references (16)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-28248/cnnvd
- https://docs.cilium.io/en/stable/security/policy/language/#cnnvd
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.13.13cnnvd
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.14.8cnnvd
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.15.2cnnvd
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/security/advisories/GHSA-68mj-9pjq-mc85cnnvd
- https://docs.cilium.io/en/stable/security/policy/language/#httpenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.13.13enisa_euvd
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