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github.com/cilium/cilium: vulnerability history, versions and safety

github.com/cilium/cilium is a package in the Go ecosystem. Vulert records 76 vulnerabilities for it across 120 releases, from May 2021 to Oct 2026. Each vulnerability names the versions it affects, the fixed version to move to, and a workaround where no fix has been published.

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76 vulnerabilities recorded C1 H7 M25 L6 U37
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1 with no fix published

No patched version yet — these are the ones to plan around.

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16 in the last 12 months

Most recent disclosure 01 Oct 2026.

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0 malicious-package vulnerabilities

No published version shipped hostile code.

Vulert verdict on github.com/cilium/cilium v1.20.3 i

Updated on 23 Oct 2026

Action needed: v1.20.3 has 27 known vulnerabilities, but every one of them has a fix. Upgrade to the version listed below and you are clear.

Package health score 64/100
  • Security Unfixed issues
  • Maintenance Sustainable
  • Popularity Key ecosystem project
  • Community Moderate

What to do: Upgrade to the version that resolves each vulnerability below. Fix it, then keep watch: this version is affected today, and the next one may be too — Vulert alerts you when a new vulnerability lands. Monitor it with Vulert →

  • Current release v1.20.3 — affected i
  • Vulnerabilities on record 76 over 5 years · 16 in the last year i
  • Latest disclosure 01 Oct 2026 i
  • Highest CVSS 9.2 i
  • With no published fix 1 i
  • Stars 25,690 i
  • OpenSSF scorecard 6/10 i
  • Last release this month i
  • Licence Apache-2.0 i

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01 Versions

Which versions are affected

Every version Vulert tracks for github.com/cilium/cilium, newest first, with the vulnerabilities recorded against each one. A version showing none has no vulnerability in the Vulert database — open it for the full picture on that release.

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Version Released Vulert vulnerabilities Licence Fix published Details
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261022091946-88967491152b 22 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261021194349-910d938ab6cb 21 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261021112828-9a9b74516a1b 21 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261021084821-67b3c74df912 21 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261021081733-dc8135f41674 21 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261020182801-19c45cf58afc 20 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261020182025-9ffa837895b9 20 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261020153018-203af97c1e56 20 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261020115800-eaf2c4719efa 20 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261020101807-f8013dcb9813 20 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261020081546-e66a9d36cfce 20 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261019172116-835550fbe4b3 19 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261019142812-dc5a1b220153 19 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261019124738-0d72d63bc96e 19 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261019103314-469455b1ec53 19 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261018164441-f70d0db4e1f2 18 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261016174433-d5d5df67dd32 16 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261016155410-a5397eb6eca4 16 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261016123426-09a79ea21db2 16 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261016101325-7b31bcb3b34b 16 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261015234910-524be0bfddee 15 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261015200539-6351d66aaba4 15 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261015183848-23e9a029e43a 15 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261015155119-6c6b4a8fb22b 15 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261015153715-1c29878066b6 15 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261015145302-264351990ad8 15 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261015141250-82d7ccddb116 15 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.20.3 15 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.19.9 15 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.18.15 15 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261015130631-782ae9a17002 15 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261015070250-1bc59e623115 15 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261014224714-721c7923381a 14 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261014174136-a5ea5f2e41b1 14 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261014161913-a7175afe0053 14 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261014133401-de7049ef2dea 14 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261014075452-c6fe3c6f5e6f 14 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261014050526-b7dcb62d26c4 14 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261014002108-ecc0925acdda 14 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261013162153-0997fdf84c36 13 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261013135045-290bd7a825e5 13 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261013125706-66d11ca69228 13 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261013100002-522f21742793 13 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261013085435-7e128a095c8d 13 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261012210553-7c11a349512b 12 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261012070424-bb489e45c0a9 12 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261011205457-a07d344d3906 11 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261011170305-e4a81960aff4 11 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261011143308-21b1d0697c29 11 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261010103441-c973d50b1622 10 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261009141709-3030fdd7325c 09 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261009112331-f0cdf8225e9d 09 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261009025155-5e2c777f6dbf 09 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261008214604-a4d2185babe0 08 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261008120845-eb6a6617d9ce 08 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261006222418-558694281c4e 06 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261005153955-757dbcac2922 05 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261004160521-1c4cb5752da3 04 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261002225340-60e8bd1230bd 02 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3 02 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.3.0.20261002183326-850ec5093d0b 02 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20261001200208-bf3e61f25703 01 Oct 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260930181254-5aba27c8d19d 30 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.1.0.20260930084221-ee333352c6f8 30 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260929122500-e7747e57ae32 29 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260928224119-d66929b1dfc7 28 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260928104207-84222dca7aff 28 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260927204813-99c3d25e601f 27 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260925235146-9a3c26f57f39 25 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260924204328-4fd7531b37df 24 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260923172058-7c4e5469a2fc 23 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260922201833-bc38713ac709 22 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260922152741-f7c5b662142b 22 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.1.0.20260922115758-111227efab8b 22 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260922115758-f7768fd603e5 22 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260922112112-4ee3c51886e1 22 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260921223434-4f1afc8fb7fc 21 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260921192239-e27ce9ee66da 21 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260920160619-913af846188d 20 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260920144804-875d30938323 20 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260920124925-eafcc155ccfd 20 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260920101042-45e20e5d4343 20 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260920082108-b58f0705fe41 20 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260920024700-50084757c292 20 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260918214417-f5b8a13d7c89 18 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260918180852-e34992ad64f1 18 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260918142137-23d5b1787fe3 18 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260918130116-f1f5cf329800 18 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260918104848-4093b0cdb6e2 18 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260918092209-06aae33071fe 18 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260917214907-cccadb0e7017 17 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260917140258-f4b8c2459643 17 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260916182909-ae54dc211b80 16 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260916170712-2f1375976d60 16 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260916145431-9dc608614090 16 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260916064040-47db9528e4b8 16 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.19.8 15 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260915201754-9f2e92635f50 15 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.20.2 15 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260915182922-e7fde29b8e0b 15 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260915165428-fb408fd92da1 15 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 — Yes Details →
v1.18.14 15 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 — Yes Details →
v1.19.8-0.20260915131800-f8905a2e0454 15 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 — Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260914123615-277176d190ab 14 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 — Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260914114408-47b6648ab7bd 14 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 — Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260913212915-c729dee8e087 13 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 — Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260913091640-d0d69ab6374b 13 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 — Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260913020014-bc479651c5b1 13 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 — Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260911194746-573d2bd3e301 11 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 — Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260910175542-6bba81cbe508 10 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 — Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260910065428-e0b4fd0e3b58 10 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 — Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260909230822-6fc6f4d164c7 09 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 — Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2.0.20260909104151-f19c4cc7b7db 09 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 — Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.2 09 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 — Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.1.0.20260908234813-c3f93518bffe 08 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 — Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.1.0.20260908063156-033eb004fd7a 08 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 — Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.1.0.20260907190135-629ba134d7c1 07 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 — Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.1.0.20260907175452-c975f40357d8 07 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 — Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.1.0.20260907161130-f18f41ee9717 07 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 — Yes Details →
v1.21.0-pre.1 07 Sep 2026 H1 M8 L1 U17 — Yes Details →

The newest 120 of 23,598 versions Vulert tracks. Severity counts are the vulnerabilities recorded against that exact release.

02 Disclosure history

How often vulnerabilities are recorded

  • 2021 1
  • 2022 4
  • 2023 9
  • 2024 36
  • 2025 12
  • 2026 14

Counted by the year Vulert recorded each vulnerability — the same date the table below shows as disclosed. 16 of the 76 were recorded in the last 12 months.

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Questions

About github.com/cilium/cilium

Is github.com/cilium/cilium safe to use?

Vulert records 76 vulnerabilities for github.com/cilium/cilium in Go: 1 critical, 7 high, 25 medium and 6 low, plus 37 not yet rated. 1 of them has no published fix yet, so that is the one to avoid or mitigate.

What is github.com/cilium/cilium's Vulert package health score?

Vulert scores github.com/cilium/cilium 64/100, which reads as usable, but worth attention. The score weighs the vulnerability record (40), maintenance and release cadence (25), adoption from dependents and stars (20) and community signals such as the OpenSSF scorecard and forks (15).

Is the latest version of github.com/cilium/cilium affected?

Yes. v1.20.3, the version you would install today, has 27 known vulnerabilities, and every one of them has a published fix. Upgrade to the version listed for each.

How many vulnerabilities does github.com/cilium/cilium have?

76 vulnerabilities are recorded for github.com/cilium/cilium in the Go ecosystem: 1 critical, 7 high, 25 medium and 6 low, plus 37 not yet rated. The ledger on this page lists the same counts next to the date of the most recent disclosure.

How often are new github.com/cilium/cilium vulnerabilities disclosed?

16 vulnerabilities were recorded for github.com/cilium/cilium in the last 12 months, and the oldest entry in this database dates to 21 May 2021. Recency matters more than a lifetime total: it shows how actively new issues are being disclosed for the package you are considering.

Which versions of github.com/cilium/cilium are affected?

Each vulnerability on this page lists the affected version range and the fixed version to move to. Open the vulnerability for the version you actually run — fixes are specific to a release line, not to the package as a whole.

How do I monitor github.com/cilium/cilium for upcoming vulnerabilities?

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