CVE-2023-34242

Low

Description

Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. Prior to version 1.13.4, when Gateway API is enabled in Cilium, the absence of a check on the namespace in which a ReferenceGrant is created could result in Cilium unintentionally gaining visibility of secrets (including certificates) and services across namespaces. An attacker on an affected cluster can leverage this issue to use cluster secrets that should not be visible to them, or communicate with services that they should not have access to. Gateway API functionality is disabled by default. This vulnerability is fixed in Cilium release 1.13.4. As a workaround, restrict the creation of `ReferenceGrant` resources to admin users by using Kubernetes RBAC.

SeverityLow
CVSS3.4
Exploit probability—
ProductCilium
PublishedJun 15, 2023
First seenJun 15, 2023

How to fix

Update
  • cilium cilium1.13.4 or later
  • github.com/cilium/cilium1.13.4 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
cilium ciliumv < 1.13.41.13.4
github.com/cilium/ciliumGo1.13.0 ≤ v < 1.13.41.13.4

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