Description
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution. Prior to 1.17.17, 1.18.11, and 1.19.5, Cilium clusters using Gateway API allow users with permissions to create or update namespaced HTTPRoutes to mirror HTTP traffic to any Service in any namespace, bypassing the ReferenceGrant authorization mechanism. Gateway API functionality is disabled by default. This issue is fixed in versions 1.17.17, 1.18.11, and 1.19.5.
Published: 2026-07-15
Score: 5.9 Medium
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KEV: No
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Description Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution. Prior to 1.17.17, 1.18.11, and 1.19.5, Cilium clusters using Gateway API allow users with permissions to create or update namespaced HTTPRoutes to mirror HTTP traffic to any Service in any namespace, bypassing the ReferenceGrant authorization mechanism. Gateway API functionality is disabled by default. This issue is fixed in versions 1.17.17, 1.18.11, and 1.19.5.
Title Cilium: Namespaced HTTPRoutes can redirect traffic to other namespaces
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

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Updated: 2026-07-15T19:14:07.617Z

Reserved: 2026-06-22T19:17:28.959Z

Link: CVE-2026-56742

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