CVE-2020-8843

Published Feb 14, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.4 High EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-29685 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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 10:12 AM
Reserved
Feb 10, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 14, 2020, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:27 AM