Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 15, 2026· Updated Jul 16, 2026
Cilium may unexpectedly allow ingress traffic from the local namespace when a Kubernetes NetworkPolicy is configured with an ipBlock match
CVE-2026-56743
Description
Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution. From 1.19.0 to 1.19.4, standard Kubernetes NetworkPolicy specifications using CIDR-based ipBlock rules without pod or namespace selectors erroneously generate a wildcard namespace allow rule when Cilium is configured with a custom clusterName rather than the default any value. The parser incorrectly instantiates a pod selector on selectorless peer definitions, allowing traffic from other workloads in the same namespace as the subject of the policy. This issue is fixed in version 1.19.5.
Affected products
4- osv-coords3 versions
>= 1.19.0, < 1.19.5+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 1.19.0, < 1.19.5
- (no CPE)range: >= 1.19.0, < 1.19.5
- (no CPE)range: >= 1.19.0, < 1.19.5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- github.com/cilium/cilium/commit/1c84ae3b58a7cd54f7ee355e6c524c82f620eae8mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/cilium/cilium/commit/bacea640404c0805c23515353dc1681c5bf35171mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/46305mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/46456mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/cilium/cilium/releases/tag/v1.19.5mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/cilium/cilium/security/advisories/GHSA-fm8w-2m5w-9j7rmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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