THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-1764
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2020-1764

Kiali vulnerability

CVSS
8.6
EPSS
3.5%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
A hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in the default configuration file was found in Kiali, all versions prior to 1.15.1. A remote attacker could abuse this flaw by creating their own JWT signed tokens and bypass Kiali authentication mechanisms, possibly gaining privileges to view and alter the Istio configuration.
Affected vendor
Kiali
Affected product
Kiali
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2020-03-26

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-1764

  • Confirm whether Kiali Kiali is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-1764.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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