CVE-2026-41520

High

Description

Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. Prior to versions 1.17.15, 1.18.9, and 1.19.3, the output of cilium-bugtool can contain sensitive data when the tool is run against Cilium deployments with WireGuard encryption enabled. This issue has been patched in versions 1.17.15, 1.18.9, and 1.19.3.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.9
Exploit probability—
ProductCilium
PublishedMay 8, 2026
First seenMay 8, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • cilium cilium1.17.15, 1.18.9, 1.19.3 or later
  • github.com/cilium/cilium1.17.15, 1.18.9, 1.19.3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
cilium ciliumv < 1.17.15, 1.18.0 ≤ v < 1.18.9, 1.19.0 ≤ v < 1.19.31.17.15, 1.18.9, 1.19.3
github.com/cilium/ciliumGov < 1.17.15, 1.18.0 ≤ v < 1.18.9, 1.19.0 ≤ v < 1.19.31.17.15, 1.18.9, 1.19.3

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