CVE-2026-49445

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:cilium:cilium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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History

17 Jul 2026, 17:50

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References () https://github.com/cilium/cilium/commit/7bfbdd5c1be83d6c9ba3e089b4c804b6603505b6 - () https://github.com/cilium/cilium/commit/7bfbdd5c1be83d6c9ba3e089b4c804b6603505b6 - Patch
References () https://github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/44512 - () https://github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/44512 - Patch
References () https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.17.14 - () https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.17.14 - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.18.8 - () https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.18.8 - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.19.2 - () https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.19.2 - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/cilium/cilium/security/advisories/GHSA-3fcv-jvfp-m4q9 - () https://github.com/cilium/cilium/security/advisories/GHSA-3fcv-jvfp-m4q9 - Patch, Vendor Advisory
First Time Cilium
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CPE cpe:2.3:a:cilium:cilium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

15 Jul 2026, 20:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-07-15 20:17

Updated : 2026-07-17 17:50


NVD link : CVE-2026-49445

Mitre link : CVE-2026-49445

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-49445


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Products Affected

cilium

  • cilium
CWE
CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource