Description
Antrea is a Kubernetes networking solution intended to be Kubernetes native. Prior to 2.4.5 and 2.5.2, a missing encryption vulnerability affects inter-Node Pod traffic. In Antrea clusters configured for dual-stack networking with IPsec encryption enabled (trafficEncryptionMode: ipsec), Antrea fails to apply encryption for IPv6 Pod traffic. While the IPv4 traffic is correctly encrypted via ESP (Encapsulating Security Payload), traffic using IPv6 is transmitted in plaintext. This occurs because the packets are encapsulated (using Geneve or VXLAN) but bypass the IPsec encryption layer. Impacted Users: users with dual-stack clusters and IPsec encryption enabled. Single-stack IPv4 or IPv6 clusters are not affected. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.4.5 and 2.5.2.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| antrea-io | antrea | < 2.4.5, >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.2 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | antrea.io/antrea | >= 1.11.0 | — | GHSA-qcmw-8mm4-4p28 |
| Go | antrea.io/antrea | >= 2.5.0 | — | GHSA-qcmw-8mm4-4p28 |
| Go | antrea.io/antrea | < 1.11.0-alpha.0.0.20260225185322-738bad662b20 | 1.11.0-alpha.0.0.20260225185322-738bad662b20 | GHSA-qcmw-8mm4-4p28 |
| Go | antrea.io/antrea | all versions | — | GO-2026-5579 |
Advisories 1
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 31, 2026
References
- https://github.com/antrea-io/antrea/security/advisories/GHSA-qcmw-8mm4-4p28
- https://github.com/antrea-io/antrea/pull/7757
- https://github.com/antrea-io/antrea/pull/7759
- https://github.com/antrea-io/antrea/commit/738bad662b20a5d358d19466936176ef580a9b07
- https://github.com/antrea-io/antrea/blob/main/docs/traffic-encryption.md