enterprise-2.18.14
September 15, 2026
The 2.18.14 stable point release addresses the six vulnerabilities described in Buoyant Security Advisory 2026-01. This release also updates some dependencies to address reported CVEs in underlying components.
Previous release: enterprise-2.18.13.
Supported Kubernetes versions
For this release, the minimum supported Kubernetes version remains 1.22, and the maximum supported Kubernetes version remains 1.32.
Who should upgrade?
Users who are affected by Buoyant Security Advisory 2026-01 should upgrade.
Other users may upgrade to this release at their convenience to take advantage of the fixes and addressed CVEs.
Upgrade guidance
This is a stable point release designed to introduce minimal change. Please see the instructions in Upgrading BEL for how to upgrade.
To upgrade with BEL’s lifecycle automation operator, you will need Buoyant Extension v0.40.6 or later.
Changelog
- Fixed remote cluster credentials to disallow
execauth provider. GHSA-7hx9-xmmq-23f3 - Fixed the destination controller to filter EndpointSlices by namespace. GHSA-8wg2-5jpc-v68h
- Fixed HTTP host matching to be case-insensitive. GHSA-7cq8-3jwj-3pcf
- Fixed the policy controller to remove entries from the correct authentication index. GHSA-229q-25q4-rxm8
- Aligned HTTPRoute matching with the Gateway API specification. GHSA-x393-w43f-gq32
- Improved error handling of ServiceProfile data in the validation webhook. GHSA-337p-5fx9-xvch
- Fixed
GRPCMethodMatchto allowserviceandmethodfields to be optional. - Fixed errors in gRPC-web clients by emitting the exact size of unary bodies without trailers.
- Fixed core response errors to include path in structured logs.
- Update
github.com/containerd/containerdto remediate - Update
google.golang.org/grpcto remediate - Update
libssl3to remediate - Update
bytesto remediate