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Istio1.28.4Networking & MessagingFeb 16, 2026

ACTION 1CHECK 4OTHER 7View full analysis

A maintenance release focused on security fixes, validation, and authorization changes across Istio control-plane and endpoint handling. It also includes operator-facing capability changes and corrections for other defects.

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securityhighCVE-2025-61732 cgo comment parsing flaw
This release fixes a discrepancy between Go and C/C++ comment parsing that allowed code smuggling into the resulting cgo binary.

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securitycriticalCVE-2025-68121 TLS session resumption validation
Applies if you use Config.Clone with mutations or Config.GetConfigForClient.
securityGateway deployment controller resource validation
Applies if the gateway deployment controller runs.
securityResource annotation validation against container injection
Applies if you configure resource annotations.
+ 1 more on the release page

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Istio1.29.0Networking & MessagingFeb 16, 2026

ACTION 1CHECK 4OTHER 18View full analysis

This release adds operator-visible capabilities and changes several runtime defaults. Ambient mesh behavior, debug endpoint authorization, metrics compression, and istiod memory and circuit-breaker behavior receive particular attention.

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breakingAutomatic GOMEMLIMIT setting for istiod
istiod now automatically sets GOMEMLIMIT to 90% of its memory limits through the automemlimit library. This reduces the risk of OOM kills while maintaining performance.

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breakingDefault iptables reconciliation
Applies when the istio-cni DaemonSet is upgraded.
breakingDefault debug endpoint authorization
Applies to debug endpoints on port 15014.
breakingDefault HTTP compression for Envoy metrics
Applies to Envoy metrics at the Prometheus stats endpoint based on client Accept-Header values.
+ 1 more on the release page

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Istio1.27.6Networking & MessagingFeb 10, 2026

ACTION 1CHECK 2OTHER 2View full analysis

This release includes security safeguards for gateway resource creation and pod specification rendering, along with stricter authorization for debug endpoints. It also adds a Helm configuration field and corrects a TLS configuration mapping.

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securityResource annotation validation
Resource annotation validation now rejects newline and control characters that could inject containers into pod specifications through template rendering.

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securityGateway deployment controller resource validation
Applies if the gateway deployment controller runs.
breakingNamespace-based authorization for debug endpoints
Applies if you use debug endpoints on port 15014.

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Ciliumv1.19.0Networking & MessagingFeb 4, 2026

ACTION 15CHECK 30PLAN 7OTHER 436View full analysis

A substantial operator-facing feature and maintenance release with new DNS proxy, installation, configuration, API, metric, and datapath capabilities. It also changes defaults and compatibility requirements, removes deprecated interfaces, migrates BGP APIs, and updates security-related dependencies.

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securityThe github.com/containerd/containerd dependency, updated
The github.com/containerd/containerd module is updated to v1.7.29.
securityThe github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 dependency, updated
The github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 module is updated to v2.4.0.
securityThe github.com/docker/docker dependency, updated
The github.com/docker/docker module is updated to v28.3.3+incompatible.
securityThe golang.org/x/crypto dependency, updated
The golang.org/x/crypto module is updated to v0.45.0.
securityThe helm.sh/helm/v3 dependency, updated to v3.18.4
The helm.sh/helm/v3 module is updated to v3.18.4.
securityThe helm.sh/helm/v3 dependency, updated to v3.18.5
The helm.sh/helm/v3 module is updated to v3.18.5.
breakingThe plpmtud default, set to blackhole
The default plpmtud mode is now blackhole (blackhole-detected).
breakingThe AddressScopeMax default, set to 254
The default AddressScopeMax is changed to 254, the host scope, for GKE metadata server and HCP use cases. The related setting is --local-max-addr-scope.
breakingThe tls authMode default, set to migration
tls authMode is set to migration by default.
breakingThe CNI deletion timeout, reduced to 1.5 seconds
The CNI deletion timeout is reduced to 1.5 seconds.
breakingThe policy-default-local-cluster default
policy-default-local-cluster is now set by default.
breakingHost firewall bypass, disabled by default
Host firewall bypass is disabled by default.
breakingFQDN match pattern sanitization
FQDN match pattern sanitization is refactored and tightened.
breakingEncrypted traffic forwarding via cilium_host, removed
Forwarding encrypted traffic via cilium_host has been removed.
breakingCNI configuration in the container image, removed
The CNI configuration is no longer installed in the container image.

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breakingLocal-cluster default for network policy selectors
Applies if you do not set cluster in network policy selectors.
breakingThe CiliumBGPPeeringPolicy v1 API, removed
Applies if you use CiliumBGPPeeringPolicy.
breakingMutual Authentication, disabled by default
Applies if you enable Mutual Authentication.
+ 27 more on the release page

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deprecated--enable-ipsec-encrypted-overlay, deprecatedremoval date not announced
Applies if you use --enable-ipsec-encrypted-overlay.
deprecatedKafka match fields and ToRequires and FromRequires, deprecated
Applies if you use ToRequires or FromRequires.
deprecatedTLS certificate and key Helm values, deprecated
Applies if you pass TLS certificates or keys in Helm values.
+ 4 more on the release page

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