Medium severity6.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 4, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-26928
CVE-2021-26928
Description
BIRD through 2.0.7 does not provide functionality for password authentication of BGP peers. Because of this, products that use BIRD (which may, for example, include Tigera products in some configurations, as well as products of other vendors) may have been susceptible to route redirection for Denial of Service and/or Information Disclosure. NOTE: a researcher has asserted that the behavior is within Tigera’s area of responsibility; however, Tigera disagrees
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Affected products
2- BIRD/BIRDdescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.cyberark.com/resources/threat-research-blog/attacking-kubernetes-clusters-through-your-network-plumbing-part-2nvdExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory
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