Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. Versions 1.18.0 through 1.18.5 will incorrectly permit traffic from Pods on other nodes when Native Routing, WireGuard and Node Encryption are enabled. This issue has been fixed in version 1.18.6.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-5r23-prx4-mqg3 Cilium may not enforce host firewall policies when Native Routing, WireGuard and Node Encryption are enabled
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Solution

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Workaround

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History

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-266
References
Metrics threat_severity

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threat_severity

Moderate


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First Time appeared Cilium
Cilium cilium
Vendors & Products Cilium
Cilium cilium

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Description Cilium is a networking, observability, and security solution with an eBPF-based dataplane. Versions 1.18.0 through 1.18.5 will incorrectly permit traffic from Pods on other nodes when Native Routing, WireGuard and Node Encryption are enabled. This issue has been fixed in version 1.18.6.
Title Cilium may not enforce host firewall policies when Native Routing, WireGuard and Node Encryption are enabled
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-19T23:38:36.110Z

Reserved: 2026-02-16T22:20:28.612Z

Link: CVE-2026-26963

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-20T00:16:16.167

Modified: 2026-02-20T13:49:47.623

Link: CVE-2026-26963

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-02-19T23:38:36Z

Links: CVE-2026-26963 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-20T09:53:17Z

Weaknesses