CVE-2022-39388 (GCVE-0-2022-39388)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-10 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:39
VLAI
Title
Istio may allow identity impersonation if user has localhost access
Summary
Istio is an open platform to connect, manage, and secure microservices. In versions on the 1.15.x branch prior to 1.15.3, a user can impersonate any workload identity within the service mesh if they have localhost access to the Istiod control plane. Version 1.15.3 contains a patch for this issue. There are no known workarounds.
Severity
7.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-23 13:55 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7735 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
istio istio Affected: >= 1.15.0-beta.0, < 1.15.3
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