{"id":"CVE-2024-25631","aliases":["BIT-cilium-2024-25631","BIT-cilium-operator-2024-25631","BIT-cilium-proxy-2024-25631","BIT-hubble-2024-25631","BIT-hubble-relay-2024-25631","BIT-hubble-ui-2024-25631","BIT-hubble-ui-backend-2024-25631","EUVD-2024-0762","GHSA-x989-52fc-4vr4","GO-2024-2569"],"status":"published","title":"Unencrypted traffic between pods when using Wireguard and an external kvstore","description":"Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. For Cilium users who have enabled an external kvstore and Wireguard transparent encryption, traffic between pods in the affected cluster 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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.002,"percentile":0.09918,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-311","CWE-319"],"published":"2024-02-20T18:08:56Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:28Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/cilium/cilium","fixed_in":["1.14.7"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"cilium","fixed_in":["1.14.7"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"cilium-operator","fixed_in":["1.14.7"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"cilium-proxy","fixed_in":["1.14.7"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"hubble","fixed_in":["1.14.7"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"hubble-relay","fixed_in":["1.14.7"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"hubble-ui","fixed_in":["1.14.7"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"hubble-ui-backend","fixed_in":["1.14.7"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/cilium/cilium","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.14.0"},{"fixed":"1.14.7"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"cilium","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.14.7"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"cilium-operator","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.14.7"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"cilium-proxy","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.14.7"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"hubble","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.14.7"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"hubble-relay","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.14.7"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"hubble-ui","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.14.7"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"hubble-ui-backend","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.14.7"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/cilium/cilium","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"1.14.0"},{"fixed":"1.14.7"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/cilium/cilium","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"1.14.0"},{"fixed":"1.14.7"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"cilium","product":"cilium"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/cilium/cilium/security/advisories/GHSA-x989-52fc-4vr4","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory","web","advisory"]},{"url":"https://docs.cilium.io/en/stable/installation/k8s-install-external-etcd/#when-do-i-need-to-use-a-kvstore","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Product","web"]},{"url":"https://docs.cilium.io/en/stable/security/network/encryption-wireguard/#encryption-wg","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Product","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.14.7","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Release Notes","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25631","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x989-52fc-4vr4"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/25xxx/CVE-2024-25631.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/cilium/cilium","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-25631","title":"Unencrypted traffic between pods when using Wireguard and an external kvstore","description":"Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. 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Special thanks to @giorio94 and @gandro for their work on triaging and remediating this issue.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please reach out on [Slack](https://docs.cilium.io/en/latest/community/community/#slack).\n\nIf you think you found a related vulnerability, we strongly encourage you to report security vulnerabilities to our private security mailing list at [security@cilium.io](mailto:security@cilium.io). 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.\n","status":"published","published":"2024-02-20T23:45:16Z","modified":"2026-03-21T05:27:14Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-311","CWE-319"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:39:40.633038Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-25631","description":"Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. For Cilium users who have enabled an external kvstore and Wireguard transparent encryption, traffic between pods in the affected cluster is not encrypted. This issue affects Cilium v1.14 before v1.14.7 and has been patched in Cilium v1.14.7. 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Special thanks to @giorio94 and @gandro for their work on triaging and remediating this issue.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please reach out on [Slack](https://docs.cilium.io/en/latest/community/community/#slack).\n\nIf you think you found a related vulnerability, we strongly encourage you to report security vulnerabilities to our private security mailing list at [security@cilium.io](mailto:security@cilium.io). 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.\n","status":"published","published":"2024-02-20T23:45:16Z","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:00.303597503Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-311","CWE-319"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:59.835583Z"},{"id":"BIT-cilium-2024-25631","description":"Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. For Cilium users who have enabled an external kvstore and Wireguard transparent encryption, traffic between pods in the affected cluster is not encrypted. This issue affects Cilium v1.14 before v1.14.7 and has been patched in Cilium v1.14.7. 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