GHSA-gj49-89wh-h4gj
Cillium exposes sensitive information included in the cilium-bugtool debug archive
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/cilium/cilium | < 1.17.15 | 1.17.15 |
| Go | github.com/cilium/cilium | >= 1.18.0, < 1.18.9 | 1.18.9 |
| Go | github.com/cilium/cilium | >= 1.19.0, < 1.19.3 | 1.19.3 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Impact
The output of `cilium-bugtool` can contain sensitive data when the tool is run against Cilium deployments with WireGuard encryption enabled.
Users of [WireGuard Transparent Encryption](https://docs.cilium.io/en/stable/security/network/encryption-wireguard/) are affected.
The sensitive data is the WireGuard private key (`cilium_wg0.key`) used for node-to-node encrypted communication
`cilium-bugtool` is a debugging tool that is typically invoked manually and does not run during the normal operation of a Cilium cluster. It is also invoked when gathering sysdumps using the Cilium CLI's `cilium sysdump` command.
### Patches
This issue affects:
- Cilium v1.19 between v1.19.0 and v1.19.2 inclusive
- Cilium v1.18 between v1.18.0 and v1.18.8 inclusive
- All versions of Cilium prior to v1.17.15
This issue has been patched in:
- Cilium v1.19.3
- Cilium v1.18.9
- Cilium v1.17.15
### Workarounds
There is no workaround to this issue.
Users who have previously shared bugtool or sysdump archives from WireGuard-enabled nodes should rotate the WireGuard keys on the affected nodes. This can be done by deleting the key file and restarting the Cilium agent, which will generate a new key pair.
### Acknowledgements
The Cilium community has worked together with members of Isovalent to prepare these mitigations. Cillium extends special thanks to @kodareef5 for reporting the issue and @tklauser for their work on triaging and remediating this issue.
### For more information
If there are any questions or comments about this advisory, please reach out on [Slack](https://docs.cilium.io/en/latest/community/community/).
Cilium strongly encourages the reporting of suspected vulnerabilities to the security mailing list at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). This is a private mailing list for the Cilium security team, and the report will be treated as top priority.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/security/advisories/GHSA-gj49-89wh-h4gj
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41520
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.17.15
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.18.9
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.19.3
- http://docs.cilium.io/en/stable/security/network/encryption-wireguard