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.
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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'}


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

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-26963

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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