CVE-2020-8843
mediumpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.011 · 65 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in Istio 1.3 through 1.3.6. Under certain circumstances, it is possible to bypass a specifically configured Mixer policy. Istio-proxy accepts the x-istio-attributes header at ingress that can be used to affect policy decisions when Mixer policy selectively applies to a source equal to ingress. To exploit this vulnerability, someone has to encode a source.uid in this header. This feature is disabled by default in Istio 1.3 and 1.4.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.8–7.4
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affected products (2)
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references (9)
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- https://github.com/istio/istio/commits/mastercnnvd
- https://istio.io/news/security/cnnvd
- https://istio.io/news/security/istio-security-2020-002/cnnvd
- https://github.com/istio/istio/commits/masterenisa_euvd
- https://istio.io/news/security/enisa_euvd
- https://istio.io/news/security/istio-security-2020-002/enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/istio/istio/commits/masterPatchnvd
- https://istio.io/news/security/Vendor Advisorynvd
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