CVE-2024-42487
MEDIUMDescription
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.
How to fix
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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 42% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
Other CWE-113 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | EPSS | Exploited | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2022-37436 | Medium | 5.3 | 58% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2024-52875 | High | 8.8 | 30% | - | - |
| CVE-2016-5699 | Medium | 6.1 | 10% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2016-8024 | High | 8.1 | 8.7% | - | - |
| CVE-2017-17742 | Medium | 5.3 | 5.8% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2016-5325 | Medium | 6.1 | 4.1% | - | Fix |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2024-42487?
Upgrade cilium to 1.15.8 or later.
Is CVE-2024-42487 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2024-42487 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.53% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 42% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2024-42487?
CVE-2024-42487 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.0, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2024-42487 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for cilium (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-09-30.