CVE-2024-25630
Cilium has unencrypted ingress/health traffic when using Wireguard transparent encryption
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. For Cilium users who are using CRDs to store Cilium state (the default configuration) and Wireguard transparent encryption, traffic to/from the Ingress and health endpoints is not encrypted. This issue affects Cilium v1.14 before v1.14.7 and has been patched in Cilium v1.14.7. There is no workaround to this issue.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.1
Cilium has unencrypted ingress/health traffic when using Wireguard transparent encryption
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. For Cilium users who are using CRDs to store Cilium state (the default configuration) and Wireguard transparent encryption, traffic to/from the Ingress and health endpoints is not encrypted. This issue affects Cilium v1.14 before v1.14.7 and has been patched in Cilium v1.14.7. There is no workaround to this issue.
- Record
CVE-2024-25630- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-311
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-0547
6.1
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. For Cilium users who are using CRDs to store Cilium state (the default configuration) and Wireguard transparent encryption, traffic to/from the Ingress and health endpoints is not encrypted. This issue affects Cilium v1.14 before v1.14.7 and has been patched in Cilium v1.14.7. There is no workaround to this issue.
- Record
EUVD-2024-0547- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7496-fgv9-xw82
6.1
Unencrypted ingress/health traffic when using Wireguard transparent encryption
Impact
For Cilium users who are using CRDs to store Cilium state (the default configuration) and Wireguard transparent encryption, responses from pods to the Ingress and health endpoints are not encrypted. Traffic from the Ingress and health endpoints to pods is not affected by this issue. The health endpoint is only used for Cilium's internal health checks.
Patches
This issue affects Cilium v1.14 before v1.14.7.
This issue has been patched in Cilium v1.14.7.
Workarounds
There is no workaround to this issue - affected users are encouraged to upgrade.
Acknowledgements
The Cilium community has worked together with members of Isovalent to prepare these mitigations. Special thanks to @gandro for their work on triaging and remediating this issue.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please reach out on Slack.
If you think you have found a vulnerability affecting Cilium, we strongly encourage you to report it to our security mailing list at [email protected]. This is a private mailing list where only members of the Cilium internal security team are subscribed to, and your report will be treated as top priority.
- Record
GHSA-7496-fgv9-xw82- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-311, CWE-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
6.1
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. For Cilium users who are using CRDs to store Cilium state (the default configuration) and Wireguard transparent encryption, traffic to/from the Ingress and health endpoints is not encrypted. This issue affects Cilium v1.14 before v1.14.7 and has been patched in Cilium v1.14.7. There is no workaround to this issue.
- Record
CVE-2024-25630- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-311, CWE-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.1
Cilium has unencrypted ingress/health traffic when using Wireguard transparent encryption
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. For Cilium users who are using CRDs to store Cilium state (the default configuration) and Wireguard transparent encryption, traffic to/from the Ingress and health endpoints is not encrypted. This issue affects Cilium v1.14 before v1.14.7 and has been patched in Cilium v1.14.7. There is no workaround to this issue.
- Record
CVE-2024-25630- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-311
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-7496-fgv9-xw82
6.1
Unencrypted ingress/health traffic when using Wireguard transparent encryption
Impact
For Cilium users who are using CRDs to store Cilium state (the default configuration) and Wireguard transparent encryption, responses from pods to the Ingress and health endpoints are not encrypted. Traffic from the Ingress and health endpoints to pods is not affected by this issue. The health endpoint is only used for Cilium's internal health checks.
Patches
This issue affects Cilium v1.14 before v1.14.7.
This issue has been patched in Cilium v1.14.7.
Workarounds
There is no workaround to this issue - affected users are encouraged to upgrade.
Acknowledgements
The Cilium community has worked together with members of Isovalent to prepare these mitigations. Special thanks to @gandro for their work on triaging and remediating this issue.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please reach out on Slack.
If you think you have found a vulnerability affecting Cilium, we strongly encourage you to report it to our security mailing list at [email protected]. This is a private mailing list where only members of the Cilium internal security team are subscribed to, and your report will be treated as top priority.
- Record
GHSA-7496-fgv9-xw82- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-311, CWE-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVBIT-cilium-2024-25630 No score
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. For Cilium users who are using CRDs to store Cilium state (the default configuration) and Wireguard transparent encryption, traffic to/from the Ingress and health endpoints is not encrypted. This issue affects Cilium v1.14 before v1.14.7 and has been patched in Cilium v1.14.7. There is no workaround to this issue.
- Record
BIT-cilium-2024-25630- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-cilium-operator-2024-25630 No score
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. For Cilium users who are using CRDs to store Cilium state (the default configuration) and Wireguard transparent encryption, traffic to/from the Ingress and health endpoints is not encrypted. This issue affects Cilium v1.14 before v1.14.7 and has been patched in Cilium v1.14.7. There is no workaround to this issue.
- Record
BIT-cilium-operator-2024-25630- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-cilium-proxy-2024-25630 No score
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. For Cilium users who are using CRDs to store Cilium state (the default configuration) and Wireguard transparent encryption, traffic to/from the Ingress and health endpoints is not encrypted. This issue affects Cilium v1.14 before v1.14.7 and has been patched in Cilium v1.14.7. There is no workaround to this issue.
- Record
BIT-cilium-proxy-2024-25630- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-hubble-2024-25630 No score
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. For Cilium users who are using CRDs to store Cilium state (the default configuration) and Wireguard transparent encryption, traffic to/from the Ingress and health endpoints is not encrypted. This issue affects Cilium v1.14 before v1.14.7 and has been patched in Cilium v1.14.7. There is no workaround to this issue.
- Record
BIT-hubble-2024-25630- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-hubble-relay-2024-25630 No score
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. For Cilium users who are using CRDs to store Cilium state (the default configuration) and Wireguard transparent encryption, traffic to/from the Ingress and health endpoints is not encrypted. This issue affects Cilium v1.14 before v1.14.7 and has been patched in Cilium v1.14.7. There is no workaround to this issue.
- Record
BIT-hubble-relay-2024-25630- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-hubble-ui-2024-25630 No score
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. For Cilium users who are using CRDs to store Cilium state (the default configuration) and Wireguard transparent encryption, traffic to/from the Ingress and health endpoints is not encrypted. This issue affects Cilium v1.14 before v1.14.7 and has been patched in Cilium v1.14.7. There is no workaround to this issue.
- Record
BIT-hubble-ui-2024-25630- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-hubble-ui-backend-2024-25630 No score
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. For Cilium users who are using CRDs to store Cilium state (the default configuration) and Wireguard transparent encryption, traffic to/from the Ingress and health endpoints is not encrypted. This issue affects Cilium v1.14 before v1.14.7 and has been patched in Cilium v1.14.7. There is no workaround to this issue.
- Record
BIT-hubble-ui-backend-2024-25630- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2024-2568 No score
Unencrypted ingress/health traffic when using Wireguard transparent encryption in github.com/cilium/cilium
Unencrypted ingress/health traffic when using Wireguard transparent encryption in github.com/cilium/cilium
- Record
GO-2024-2568- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
github.com/cilium/ciliumGo |
1.14.0 up to 1.14.7 | 1.14.7 |
ciliumBitnami |
1.14.0 up to 1.14.7 | 1.14.7 |
cilium-operatorBitnami |
1.14.0 up to 1.14.7 | 1.14.7 |
cilium-proxyBitnami |
1.14.0 up to 1.14.7 | 1.14.7 |
hubbleBitnami |
1.14.0 up to 1.14.7 | 1.14.7 |
hubble-relayBitnami |
1.14.0 up to 1.14.7 | 1.14.7 |
hubble-uiBitnami |
1.14.0 up to 1.14.7 | 1.14.7 |
hubble-ui-backendBitnami |
1.14.0 up to 1.14.7 | 1.14.7 |
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-2024-25630 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Cilium, published February 20, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.18%, the 8th percentile. Fixed in github.com/cilium/cilium 1.14.7.
References
github.com/cilium/cilium/security/advisories/GHSA-7496-fgv9-xw82
docs.cilium.io/en/stable/security/network/encryption-wireguard
github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.14.7
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25630
github.com/advisories/GHSA-7496-fgv9-xw82
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/25xxx/CVE-2024-25630.json
github.com/cilium/cilium