CVE-2020-16844 (GCVE-0-2020-16844)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-10-01 16:32 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:45
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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.
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