4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-42487
Cilium Inconsistent Gateway API Route Matching
Description

Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. In the 1.15 branch prior to 1.15.8 and the 1.16 branch prior to 1.16.1, Gateway API HTTPRoutes and GRPCRoutes do not follow the match precedence specified in the Gateway API specification. In particular, request headers are matched before request methods, when the specification describes that the request methods must be respected before headers are matched. This could result in unexpected behaviour with security This issue is fixed in Cilium v1.15.8 and v1.16.1. There is no workaround for this issue.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 15, 2024, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 30, 2024, 6:31 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-42487 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Cilium cilium
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2024-42487.

URL Resource
https://github.com/cilium/cilium/commit/a3510fe4a92305822aa1a5e08cb6d6c873c8699a Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/34109 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cilium/cilium/security/advisories/GHSA-qcm3-7879-xcww Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-42487 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 30, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/cilium/cilium/commit/a3510fe4a92305822aa1a5e08cb6d6c873c8699a No Types Assigned https://github.com/cilium/cilium/commit/a3510fe4a92305822aa1a5e08cb6d6c873c8699a Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/34109 No Types Assigned https://github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/34109 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/cilium/cilium/security/advisories/GHSA-qcm3-7879-xcww No Types Assigned https://github.com/cilium/cilium/security/advisories/GHSA-qcm3-7879-xcww Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-436
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cilium:cilium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.15.0 up to (excluding) 1.15.8 *cpe:2.3:a:cilium:cilium:1.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Aug. 15, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. In the 1.15 branch prior to 1.15.8 and the 1.16 branch prior to 1.16.1, Gateway API HTTPRoutes and GRPCRoutes do not follow the match precedence specified in the Gateway API specification. In particular, request headers are matched before request methods, when the specification describes that the request methods must be respected before headers are matched. This could result in unexpected behaviour with security This issue is fixed in Cilium v1.15.8 and v1.16.1. There is no workaround for this issue.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/cilium/cilium/security/advisories/GHSA-qcm3-7879-xcww [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/34109 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/cilium/cilium/commit/a3510fe4a92305822aa1a5e08cb6d6c873c8699a [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-113
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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