CVE-2020-8595 (GCVE-0-2020-8595)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-12 14:10 – Updated: 2024-08-04 10:03
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Istio versions 1.2.10 (End of Life) and prior, 1.3 through 1.3.7, and 1.4 through 1.4.3 allows authentication bypass. The Authentication Policy exact-path matching logic can allow unauthorized access to HTTP paths even if they are configured to be only accessed after presenting a valid JWT token. For example, an attacker can add a ? or # character to a URI that would otherwise satisfy an exact-path match.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
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|---|---|
| https://github.com/istio/istio/commits/master | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://istio.io/news/security/ | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0477 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-8595 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://istio.io/news/security/istio-security-2020-001/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2… | x_refsource_MISC |
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