Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences Affecting github.com/cilium/cilium/hubble/pkg/printer package, versions <1.17.2
Threat Intelligence
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- published21 May 2025
- disclosed20 May 2025
- creditbipierce-cisco, kokelley-cisco
Introduced: 20 May 2025
NewCVE-2025-48056 Â (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade github.com/cilium/cilium/hubble/pkg/printer to version 1.17.2 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences via the Hubble CLI terminal output processing. An attacker can manipulate the output to conceal log entries, rewrite output, or make the terminal temporarily unusable by injecting malicious control characters.
Note:
This is only exploitable if the victim is monitoring Kafka traffic using Layer 7 Protocol Visibility at the time of the attack.
Workaround
Users that are enabled to upgrade to the fixed version are advised to directing Hubble flows to a log file and inspecting the output within a text editor.