Information Exposure Affecting github.com/cilium/cilium/bugtool/cmd package, versions >=1.13.0 <1.13.17 >=1.14.0 <1.14.12 >=1.15.0 <1.15.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMCILIUMCILIUMBUGTOOLCMD-7252134
  • published 14 Jun 2024
  • disclosed 13 Jun 2024
  • credit Tam Mach

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/cilium/cilium/bugtool/cmd to version 1.13.17, 1.14.12, 1.15.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure through the cilium-bugtool when the --envoy-dump flag is used. An attacker can access sensitive data by exploiting this vulnerability.

Notes:

Users of the following features are affected:

  1. TLS inspection

  2. Ingress with TLS termination

  3. Gateway API with TLS termination

  4. Kafka network policies with API key filtering

The sensitive data includes:

  1. The CA certificate, certificate chain, and private key used by Cilium HTTP Network Policies, and when using Ingress/Gateway API

  2. The API keys used in Kafka-related network policy

cilium-bugtool is a debugging tool that is typically invoked manually and does not run during the normal operation of a Cilium cluster.

CVSS Scores

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Snyk

Recommended
7.9 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    None