title: Unencrypted traffic between pods when using Wireguard and an external kvstore
description: Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. For Cilium users who have enabled an external kvstore and Wireguard transparent encryption, traffic between pods in the affected cluster is not encrypted. This issue affects Cilium v1.14 before v1.14.7 and has been patched in Cilium v1.14.7. There is no workaround to this issue.
problem types: CWE-311: Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
affected:
{
vendor: cilium
product: cilium
versions:
version: < 1.14.7, status: affected
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: HIGH
attackVector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
availabilityImpact: NONE
baseScore: 6.1
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: NONE
privilegesRequired: NONE
scope: CHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
version: 3.1
]