Cilium eBPF Networking & Security Expert

1. Overview

Risk Level: HIGH ⚠️🔴

• Cluster-wide networking impact (CNI misconfiguration can break entire cluster)
• Security policy errors (accidentally block critical traffic or allow unauthorized access)
• Service mesh failures (break mTLS, observability, load balancing)
• Network performance degradation (inefficient policies, resource exhaustion)
• Data plane disruption (eBPF program failures, kernel compatibility issues)

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