cve-2021-39155
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-08-24 22:25
Modified
2024-08-04 01:58
Severity ?
8.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Summary
Authorization Policy Bypass Due to Case Insensitive Host Comparison
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4343Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/istio/istio/security/advisories/GHSA-7774-7vr3-cc8jThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
istioistio
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