CVE-2023-41332
Denial of service via Kubernetes annotations in specific Cilium configurations
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. In Cilium clusters where Cilium's Layer 7 proxy has been disabled, creating workloads with policy.cilium.io/proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium >= v1.13) or io.cilium.proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium <= v1.12) causes the Cilium agent to segfault on the node to which the workload is assigned. Existing traffic on the affected node will continue to flow, but the Cilium agent on the node will not able to process changes to workloads running on the node. This will also prevent workloads from being able to start on the affected node. The denial of service will be limited to the node on which the workload is scheduled, however an attacker may be able to schedule workloads on the node of their choosing, which could lead to targeted attacks. This issue has been resolved in Cilium versions 1.14.2, 1.13.7, and 1.12.14. Users unable to upgrade can avoid this denial of service attack by enabling the Layer 7 proxy.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Denial of service via Kubernetes annotations in specific Cilium configurations
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. In Cilium clusters where Cilium's Layer 7 proxy has been disabled, creating workloads with policy.cilium.io/proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium >= v1.13) or io.cilium.proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium <= v1.12) causes the Cilium agent to segfault on the node to which the workload is assigned. Existing traffic on the affected node will continue to flow, but the Cilium agent on the node will not able to process changes to workloads running on the node. This will also prevent workloads from being able to start on the affected node. The denial of service will be limited to the node on which the workload is scheduled, however an attacker may be able to schedule workloads on the node of their choosing, which could lead to targeted attacks. This issue has been resolved in Cilium versions 1.14.2, 1.13.7, and 1.12.14. Users unable to upgrade can avoid this denial of service attack by enabling the Layer 7 proxy.
- Record
CVE-2023-41332- CVSS 3.1
- 3.5 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-755
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-2388
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. In Cilium clusters where Cilium's Layer 7 proxy has been disabled, creating workloads with policy.cilium.io/proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium >= v1.13) or io.cilium.proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium <= v1.12) causes the Cilium agent to segfault on the node to which the workload is assigned. Existing traffic on the affected node will continue to flow, but the Cilium agent on the node will not able to process changes to workloads running on the node. This will also prevent workloads from being able to start on the affected node. The denial of service will be limited to the node on which the workload is scheduled, however an attacker may be able to schedule workloads on the node of their choosing, which could lead to targeted attacks. This issue has been resolved in Cilium versions 1.14.2, 1.13.7, and 1.12.14. Users unable to upgrade can avoid this denial of service attack by enabling the Layer 7 proxy.
- Record
EUVD-2023-2388- CVSS 3.1
- 3.5 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-24m5-r6hv-ccgp
Specific Cilium configurations vulnerable to DoS via Kubernetes annotations
Impact
In Cilium clusters where Cilium's Layer 7 proxy has been disabled, creating workloads with
policy.cilium.io/proxy-visibilityannotations (in Cilium >= v1.13)io.cilium.proxy-visibilityannotations (in Cilium <= v1.12)
causes the Cilium agent to segfault on the node to which the workload is assigned.
Existing traffic on the affected node will continue to flow, but the Cilium agent on the node will not able to process changes to workloads running on the node. This will also prevent workloads from being able to start on the affected node. The denial of service will be limited to the node on which the workload is scheduled, however an attacker may be able to schedule workloads on the node of their choosing, which could lead to targeted attacks.
Patches
This issue affects:
Cilium <= v1.14.1 Cilium <= v1.13.6 Cilium <= v1.12.13
This issue has been resolved in:
Cilium v1.14.2 Cilium v1.13.7 Cilium v1.12.14
Workarounds
Users can avoid this denial of service attack by enabling the Layer 7 proxy.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please reach out on Slack.
As usual, if you think you found a related vulnerability, we strongly encourage you to report security vulnerabilities to our private security mailing list: [email protected] - first, before disclosing them in any public forums. This is a private mailing list where only members of the Cilium internal security team are subscribed to, and is treated as top priority.
- Record
GHSA-24m5-r6hv-ccgp- CVSS 3.1
- 3.5 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-755
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. In Cilium clusters where Cilium's Layer 7 proxy has been disabled, creating workloads with policy.cilium.io/proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium >= v1.13) or io.cilium.proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium <= v1.12) causes the Cilium agent to segfault on the node to which the workload is assigned. Existing traffic on the affected node will continue to flow, but the Cilium agent on the node will not able to process changes to workloads running on the node. This will also prevent workloads from being able to start on the affected node. The denial of service will be limited to the node on which the workload is scheduled, however an attacker may be able to schedule workloads on the node of their choosing, which could lead to targeted attacks. This issue has been resolved in Cilium versions 1.14.2, 1.13.7, and 1.12.14. Users unable to upgrade can avoid this denial of service attack by enabling the Layer 7 proxy.
- Record
CVE-2023-41332- CVSS 3.1
- 3.5 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-755
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Denial of service via Kubernetes annotations in specific Cilium configurations
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. In Cilium clusters where Cilium's Layer 7 proxy has been disabled, creating workloads with policy.cilium.io/proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium >= v1.13) or io.cilium.proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium <= v1.12) causes the Cilium agent to segfault on the node to which the workload is assigned. Existing traffic on the affected node will continue to flow, but the Cilium agent on the node will not able to process changes to workloads running on the node. This will also prevent workloads from being able to start on the affected node. The denial of service will be limited to the node on which the workload is scheduled, however an attacker may be able to schedule workloads on the node of their choosing, which could lead to targeted attacks. This issue has been resolved in Cilium versions 1.14.2, 1.13.7, and 1.12.14. Users unable to upgrade can avoid this denial of service attack by enabling the Layer 7 proxy.
- Record
CVE-2023-41332- CVSS 3.1
- 3.5 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-755
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-24m5-r6hv-ccgp
Specific Cilium configurations vulnerable to DoS via Kubernetes annotations
Impact
In Cilium clusters where Cilium's Layer 7 proxy has been disabled, creating workloads with
policy.cilium.io/proxy-visibilityannotations (in Cilium >= v1.13)io.cilium.proxy-visibilityannotations (in Cilium <= v1.12)
causes the Cilium agent to segfault on the node to which the workload is assigned.
Existing traffic on the affected node will continue to flow, but the Cilium agent on the node will not able to process changes to workloads running on the node. This will also prevent workloads from being able to start on the affected node. The denial of service will be limited to the node on which the workload is scheduled, however an attacker may be able to schedule workloads on the node of their choosing, which could lead to targeted attacks.
Patches
This issue affects:
Cilium <= v1.14.1 Cilium <= v1.13.6 Cilium <= v1.12.13
This issue has been resolved in:
Cilium v1.14.2 Cilium v1.13.7 Cilium v1.12.14
Workarounds
Users can avoid this denial of service attack by enabling the Layer 7 proxy.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please reach out on Slack.
As usual, if you think you found a related vulnerability, we strongly encourage you to report security vulnerabilities to our private security mailing list: [email protected] - first, before disclosing them in any public forums. This is a private mailing list where only members of the Cilium internal security team are subscribed to, and is treated as top priority.
- Record
GHSA-24m5-r6hv-ccgp- CVSS 3.1
- 3.5 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-755
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVBIT-cilium-2023-41332 No score
Denial of service via Kubernetes annotations in specific Cilium configurations
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. In Cilium clusters where Cilium's Layer 7 proxy has been disabled, creating workloads with policy.cilium.io/proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium >= v1.13) or io.cilium.proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium <= v1.12) causes the Cilium agent to segfault on the node to which the workload is assigned. Existing traffic on the affected node will continue to flow, but the Cilium agent on the node will not able to process changes to workloads running on the node. This will also prevent workloads from being able to start on the affected node. The denial of service will be limited to the node on which the workload is scheduled, however an attacker may be able to schedule workloads on the node of their choosing, which could lead to targeted attacks. This issue has been resolved in Cilium versions 1.14.2, 1.13.7, and 1.12.14. Users unable to upgrade can avoid this denial of service attack by enabling the Layer 7 proxy.
- Record
BIT-cilium-2023-41332- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-cilium-operator-2023-41332 No score
Denial of service via Kubernetes annotations in specific Cilium configurations
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. In Cilium clusters where Cilium's Layer 7 proxy has been disabled, creating workloads with policy.cilium.io/proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium >= v1.13) or io.cilium.proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium <= v1.12) causes the Cilium agent to segfault on the node to which the workload is assigned. Existing traffic on the affected node will continue to flow, but the Cilium agent on the node will not able to process changes to workloads running on the node. This will also prevent workloads from being able to start on the affected node. The denial of service will be limited to the node on which the workload is scheduled, however an attacker may be able to schedule workloads on the node of their choosing, which could lead to targeted attacks. This issue has been resolved in Cilium versions 1.14.2, 1.13.7, and 1.12.14. Users unable to upgrade can avoid this denial of service attack by enabling the Layer 7 proxy.
- Record
BIT-cilium-operator-2023-41332- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-cilium-proxy-2023-41332 No score
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. In Cilium clusters where Cilium's Layer 7 proxy has been disabled, creating workloads with policy.cilium.io/proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium >= v1.13) or io.cilium.proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium <= v1.12) causes the Cilium agent to segfault on the node to which the workload is assigned. Existing traffic on the affected node will continue to flow, but the Cilium agent on the node will not able to process changes to workloads running on the node. This will also prevent workloads from being able to start on the affected node. The denial of service will be limited to the node on which the workload is scheduled, however an attacker may be able to schedule workloads on the node of their choosing, which could lead to targeted attacks. This issue has been resolved in Cilium versions 1.14.2, 1.13.7, and 1.12.14. Users unable to upgrade can avoid this denial of service attack by enabling the Layer 7 proxy.
- Record
BIT-cilium-proxy-2023-41332- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-hubble-2023-41332 No score
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. In Cilium clusters where Cilium's Layer 7 proxy has been disabled, creating workloads with policy.cilium.io/proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium >= v1.13) or io.cilium.proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium <= v1.12) causes the Cilium agent to segfault on the node to which the workload is assigned. Existing traffic on the affected node will continue to flow, but the Cilium agent on the node will not able to process changes to workloads running on the node. This will also prevent workloads from being able to start on the affected node. The denial of service will be limited to the node on which the workload is scheduled, however an attacker may be able to schedule workloads on the node of their choosing, which could lead to targeted attacks. This issue has been resolved in Cilium versions 1.14.2, 1.13.7, and 1.12.14. Users unable to upgrade can avoid this denial of service attack by enabling the Layer 7 proxy.
- Record
BIT-hubble-2023-41332- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-hubble-relay-2023-41332 No score
Denial of service via Kubernetes annotations in specific Cilium configurations
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. In Cilium clusters where Cilium's Layer 7 proxy has been disabled, creating workloads with policy.cilium.io/proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium >= v1.13) or io.cilium.proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium <= v1.12) causes the Cilium agent to segfault on the node to which the workload is assigned. Existing traffic on the affected node will continue to flow, but the Cilium agent on the node will not able to process changes to workloads running on the node. This will also prevent workloads from being able to start on the affected node. The denial of service will be limited to the node on which the workload is scheduled, however an attacker may be able to schedule workloads on the node of their choosing, which could lead to targeted attacks. This issue has been resolved in Cilium versions 1.14.2, 1.13.7, and 1.12.14. Users unable to upgrade can avoid this denial of service attack by enabling the Layer 7 proxy.
- Record
BIT-hubble-relay-2023-41332- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-hubble-ui-2023-41332 No score
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. In Cilium clusters where Cilium's Layer 7 proxy has been disabled, creating workloads with policy.cilium.io/proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium >= v1.13) or io.cilium.proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium <= v1.12) causes the Cilium agent to segfault on the node to which the workload is assigned. Existing traffic on the affected node will continue to flow, but the Cilium agent on the node will not able to process changes to workloads running on the node. This will also prevent workloads from being able to start on the affected node. The denial of service will be limited to the node on which the workload is scheduled, however an attacker may be able to schedule workloads on the node of their choosing, which could lead to targeted attacks. This issue has been resolved in Cilium versions 1.14.2, 1.13.7, and 1.12.14. Users unable to upgrade can avoid this denial of service attack by enabling the Layer 7 proxy.
- Record
BIT-hubble-ui-2023-41332- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-hubble-ui-backend-2023-41332 No score
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. In Cilium clusters where Cilium's Layer 7 proxy has been disabled, creating workloads with policy.cilium.io/proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium >= v1.13) or io.cilium.proxy-visibility annotations (in Cilium <= v1.12) causes the Cilium agent to segfault on the node to which the workload is assigned. Existing traffic on the affected node will continue to flow, but the Cilium agent on the node will not able to process changes to workloads running on the node. This will also prevent workloads from being able to start on the affected node. The denial of service will be limited to the node on which the workload is scheduled, however an attacker may be able to schedule workloads on the node of their choosing, which could lead to targeted attacks. This issue has been resolved in Cilium versions 1.14.2, 1.13.7, and 1.12.14. Users unable to upgrade can avoid this denial of service attack by enabling the Layer 7 proxy.
- Record
BIT-hubble-ui-backend-2023-41332- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2023-2079 No score
Specific Cilium configurations vulnerable to DoS via Kubernetes annotations in github.com/cilium/cilium
Specific Cilium configurations vulnerable to DoS via Kubernetes annotations in github.com/cilium/cilium
- Record
GO-2023-2079- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
github.com/cilium/ciliumGo |
1.14.0 up to 1.14.2 | 1.14.2 |
github.com/cilium/ciliumGo |
before 1.12.14 | 1.12.14 |
github.com/cilium/ciliumGo |
1.13.0 up to 1.13.7 | 1.13.7 |
ciliumBitnami |
before 1.12.14, 1.13.0 up to 1.13.7, 1.14.0 up to 1.14.2 | 1.12.141.13.71.14.2 |
cilium-operatorBitnami |
before 1.12.14, 1.13.0 up to 1.13.7, 1.14.0 up to 1.14.2 | 1.12.141.13.71.14.2 |
cilium-proxyBitnami |
before 1.12.14, 1.13.0 up to 1.13.7, 1.14.0 up to 1.14.2 | 1.12.141.13.71.14.2 |
hubbleBitnami |
before 1.12.14, 1.13.0 up to 1.13.7, 1.14.0 up to 1.14.2 | 1.12.141.13.71.14.2 |
hubble-relayBitnami |
before 1.12.14, 1.13.0 up to 1.13.7, 1.14.0 up to 1.14.2 | 1.12.141.13.71.14.2 |
hubble-uiBitnami |
before 1.12.14, 1.13.0 up to 1.13.7, 1.14.0 up to 1.14.2 | 1.12.141.13.71.14.2 |
hubble-ui-backendBitnami |
before 1.12.14, 1.13.0 up to 1.13.7, 1.14.0 up to 1.14.2 | 1.12.141.13.71.14.2 |
github.com/cilium/ciliumGo |
before 1.12.14, 1.13.0 up to 1.13.7, 1.14.0 up to 1.14.2 | 1.12.141.13.71.14.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-41332 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.5) in Cilium, published September 26, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.51%, the 43rd percentile. Fixed in github.com/cilium/cilium 1.14.2.