CVE-2026-49445
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution. Prior to 1.17.14, 1.18.8, and 1.19.2, when Cilium L7 functionality is enabled, the embedded or standalone Envoy instance creates a world-accessible admin.sock on cluster nodes, allowing a local attacker to access Envoy admin endpoints, expose TLS secrets, disrupt cluster traffic, or terminate Envoy. This issue is fixed in versions 1.17.14, 1.18.8, and 1.19.2.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 8.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.17%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 5
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation95 % - Impacto principal
T1552.007Container APIcredential access90 % - Impacto secundario
T1106Native APIexecution80 % - Impacto secundario
T1499.004Application or System Exploitationimpact85 %
Vulnerabilidad local (AV:L/PR:L) en socket sin restricciones que permite acceso a secretos TLS, interrupción de tráfico y terminación de procesos. CWE-732 confirma permisos inadecuados.
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-732
Referencias
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/commit/7bfbdd5c1be83d6c9ba3e089b4c804b6603505b6
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/44512
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.17.14
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.18.8
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.19.2
- https://github.com/cilium/cilium/security/advisories/GHSA-3fcv-jvfp-m4q9
JSON original (NVD)
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