cvelistv5 - CVE-2020-16844

CVE-2020-16844

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2020-10-01 16:32

Modified

2024-08-04 13:45

Severity ?

Summary

In Istio 1.5.0 though 1.5.8 and Istio 1.6.0 through 1.6.7, when users specify an AuthorizationPolicy resource with DENY actions using wildcard suffixes (e.g. *-some-suffix) for source principals or namespace fields, callers will never be denied access, bypassing the intended policy.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	cve@mitre.org	https://github.com/istio/istio/releases	Vendor Advisory
	cve@mitre.org	https://istio.io/latest/news/security/istio-security-2020-009/	Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	n/a	n/a

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Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

Action not permitted

CVE-2020-16844

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

gsd-2020-16844

Vulnerability from gsd

ghsa-82mm-ffjr-h86c

Vulnerability from github

Specific Go Packages Affected

rhsa-2020_3425

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat

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