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bpfman

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About bpfman

bpfman is an eBPF manager that focuses on simplifying the deployment and administration of eBPF programs. It is a software stack intended to load, unload, modify and monitor eBPF programs on a single host or in a Kubernetes cluster. It includes a built-in program loader supporting program cooperation for XDP and TC programs, and deployment of eBPF programs from OCI images. It manages the eBPF filesystem to facilitate deployment of eBPF applications without requiring additional privileges. It includes a Kubernetes operator that extends these capabilities to Kubernetes. bpfman is developed in Rust and built on top of Aya, a Rust eBPF library.

Products

  • bpfman: A system daemon that supports loading, unloading, modifying and monitoring of eBPF programs exposed over a gRPC API.
  • eBPF CRDs: A set of CRDs that provide a way to express intent to load eBPF programs and represent the runtime state of loaded programs.
  • bpfman-agent: Runs in a container in the bpfman daemonset and ensures requested eBPF programs for a given node are in the desired state.

Used for

  • Loading, unloading, modifying and monitoring eBPF programs
  • Deploying eBPF programs from OCI images
  • Deploying eBPF through custom resource definitions across nodes in a cluster
  • Managing the eBPF filesystem for deployment of eBPF applications without additional privileges
  • Providing insight into how eBPF is utilized in a system

Who it is for

  • Developers working with eBPF libraries such as Cilium, libbpf, and Aya

From bpfman's own website, read 2026-10-23. How we build listings.

How to evaluate Cloud Security & CSPM

This is how the CIOPages Research Team evaluates this category. It is not an assessment of bpfman. It comes from our Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) buyer guide.

25%
Risk Prioritization & Attack-Path Analysis
Context graph that correlates misconfiguration, internet reachability, identity/permissions, vulnerabilities, secrets, and data sensitivity into ranked attack paths to crown-jewel assets; toxic-combination detection; quality of the “fix these 10” output versus raw finding volume; false-positive rate in your own accounts
20%
Coverage Model: Agentless Breadth vs. Runtime Depth
Agentless snapshot/API scanning for fast 100%-estate visibility versus agent/eBPF runtime for in-production threat detection (CDR); container, serverless, and Kubernetes (KSPM) coverage; how the two models combine without double-counting; performance impact and deployment friction
20%
Multi-Cloud & Platform Consolidation (CNAPP)
Depth and parity across AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and Kubernetes from one console; how many of CSPM, CIEM, CWPP, DSPM, KSPM, and code/IaC security are genuinely unified on one data model versus bolted-on acquisitions; single policy and one risk score across domains
15%
Identity & Entitlements (CIEM)
Effective-permission analysis across human and machine identities, cross-account and federated role mapping, detection of unused and over-privileged entitlements, least-privilege right-sizing recommendations, and privilege escalation / lateral-movement path discovery
10%
Remediation, Automation & Developer Workflow
Guided and auto-remediation, IaC and pull-request fixes (shift-left to code), guardrails that prevent drift, ticketing/SOAR integration, ownership routing to the right team, and API/Terraform coverage for security-as-code
10%
Compliance, Reporting & SOC Integration
Out-of-the-box frameworks (CIS, PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2, FedRAMP, NIST) with custom policy authoring, audit-ready evidence and drift history, RBAC/SSO on the console, and clean export of correlated cloud risk into the SIEM/SOC rather than a siloed dashboard

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Quick Facts

bpfman.io
CategoryCybersecurity
SubcategoryCloud Security & CSPM
DeploymentSelf-hosted, Kubernetes

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