CVE-2020-14306

mediumpriority · track · 35OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.30% (70th) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

Is it mine?

12 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An incorrect access control flaw was found in the operator, openshift-service-mesh/istio-rhel8-operator all versions through 1.1.3. This flaw allows an attacker with a basic level of access to the cluster to deploy a custom gateway/pod to any namespace, potentially gaining access to privileged service account tokens. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedservicemesh-operator-0:1.1.4-3.el8.src as a component of OpenShift Service Mesh 1.1redhat_csaf
The OpenShift Service Mesh release notes provide information on the features and known issues: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/latest/service_mesh/servicemesh-release-notes.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2795
Fixedservicemesh-operator-0:1.1.4-3.el8.x86_64 as a component of OpenShift Service Mesh 1.1redhat_csaf
The OpenShift Service Mesh release notes provide information on the features and known issues: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/latest/service_mesh/servicemesh-release-notes.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2795

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8

v2.06.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 6.4

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-862USprimaryCWE-648USCWE-862US

affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator <12.0.5all versionscert_bundDE
IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator <12.5.0all versionscert_bundDE
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
Red Hat OpenShift service mesh 1.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:service_mesh_1.1
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
IBM App Connect Enterprise≤ Certified Container Operator <12.5.0cert_bundDE
IBM App Connect Enterprise≤ Certified Container Operator <12.0.5cert_bundDE
n/a openshift-service-mesh/istio-rhel8-operator≤ all versions through 1.1.3enisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Inc. Openshift Service Mesh≤ 1.1fstec_bduRU
istio-operator project istio-operator≤ 1.1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:istio-operator_project:istio-operator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
servicemesh-operator-0:1.1.4-3.el8.src as a component of OpenShift Service Mesh 1.1all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
servicemesh-operator-0:1.1.4-3.el8.x86_64 as a component of OpenShift Service Mesh 1.1all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2020:2795Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 1.1 servicemesh-operator security update2020-07-01csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for servicemesh-operator is now available for OpenShift Service Mesh 1.1. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
WID-SEC-W-2026-0777Red Hat OpenShift: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2020-07-01csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat OpenShift ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen, beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, oder Auswirkungen hinsichtlich der Vertraulichkeit, Verfügbarkeit und Integrität zu verursachen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-09-16modified 2026-06-17

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references (11)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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