CVE-2023-30851

Potential HTTP policy bypass when using header rules in Cilium

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: May 25, 2023 at 05:47 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:55 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCilium

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. This issue only impacts users who have a HTTP policy that applies to multiple `toEndpoints` AND have an allow-all rule in place that affects only one of those endpoints. In such cases, a wildcard rule will be appended to the set of HTTP rules, which could cause bypass of HTTP policies. This issue has been patched in Cilium 1.11.16, 1.12.9, and 1.13.2.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.11.16v < 1.12.9v < 1.13.21.12.0 ≤ v < 1.12.91.13.0 ≤ v < 1.13.2
Affected range stops below 1.11.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.12.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.13.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-693NVD-CWE-noinfo

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