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CVE-2026-49445 Detail

Description

Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution. Prior to 1.17.14, 1.18.8, and 1.19.2, when Cilium L7 functionality is enabled, the embedded or standalone Envoy instance creates a world-accessible admin.sock on cluster nodes, allowing a local attacker to access Envoy admin endpoints, expose TLS secrets, disrupt cluster traffic, or terminate Envoy. This issue is fixed in versions 1.17.14, 1.18.8, and 1.19.2.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/cilium/cilium/commit/7bfbdd5c1be83d6c9ba3e089b4c804b6603505b6 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/44512 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.17.14 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.18.8 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.19.2 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/cilium/cilium/security/advisories/GHSA-3fcv-jvfp-m4q9 GitHub, Inc.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource GitHub, Inc.  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-49445
NVD Published Date:
07/15/2026
NVD Last Modified:
07/16/2026
Source:
GitHub, Inc.