Description
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution. From 1.19.0 to 1.19.4, standard Kubernetes NetworkPolicy specifications using CIDR-based ipBlock rules without pod or namespace selectors erroneously generate a wildcard namespace allow rule when Cilium is configured with a custom clusterName rather than the default any value. The parser incorrectly instantiates a pod selector on selectorless peer definitions, allowing traffic from other workloads in the same namespace as the subject of the policy. This issue is fixed in version 1.19.5.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| cilium | cilium | >= 1.19.0, < 1.19.5 | — |
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.
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES for SAP 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260916T180043-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23863-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23855-1 |
| SLES 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260916T180043-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23863-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23855-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260916T180043-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21897-1 |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | cilium-1.19-operator-generic | 1.19.7-r7 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | kubescape | 4.0.12-r13 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/cilium/cilium | >= 1.19.0, < 1.19.5 | 1.19.5 | GHSA-fm8w-2m5w-9j7r |
Advisories 3
- SUSE-SU-2026:23863-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 27, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:23855-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 27, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21897-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 25, 2026
References
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/security/advisories/GHSA-fm8w-2m5w-9j7r
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/46305
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/46456
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/commit/1c84ae3b58a7cd54f7ee355e6c524c82f620eae8
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/commit/bacea640404c0805c23515353dc1681c5bf35171
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.19.5