Debug mode leaks confidential data in Cilium
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. When run in debug mode, Cilium will log the contents of the `cilium-secrets` namespace. This could include data such as TLS private keys for Ingress and GatewayAPI resources. An attacker with access to debug output from the Cilium containers could use the resulting output to intercept and modify traffic to and from the affected cluster. Output of the sensitive information would occur at Cilium agent restart, when secrets in the namespace are modified, and on creation of Ingress or GatewayAPI resources. This vulnerability is fixed in Cilium releases 1.11.16, 1.12.9, and 1.13.2. Users unable to upgrade should disable debug mode.
Problem Types
Type | CWE ID | Description |
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CWE | CWE-532 | CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File |
Type: CWE
Description: CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Metrics
Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
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3.1 | 7.2 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
Version: 3.1
Base score: 7.2
Base severity: HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N