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GHSA-6C6P-H79F-G6P4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-11-09 22:07 – Updated: 2022-11-09 22:07

Summary

Istio may allow identity impersonation if user has localhost access

Details

Impact

User can impersonate any workload identity within the service mesh if they have localhost access to the Istiod control plane.

Patches

1.15.3

Workarounds

No. If using 1.15.2 please upgrade to 1.15.3 or later.

References

None at this time.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please email us at istio-security-vulnerability-reports@googlegroups.com

Severity

7.6 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

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  "published": "2022-11-09T22:07:01Z",
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      "url": "https://github.com/istio/istio/commit/346260e5115e9fbc65ba8a559bc686e6ca046a32"
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      "url": "https://github.com/istio/istio/commit/9a643e270421560afb2630e00f76d46a55499df9"
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  "summary": "Istio may allow identity impersonation if user has localhost access"
}

CVE-2022-39388 (GCVE-0-2022-39388)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-10 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:39

Title

Istio may allow identity impersonation if user has localhost access

Summary

Istio is an open platform to connect, manage, and secure microservices. In versions on the 1.15.x branch prior to 1.15.3, a user can impersonate any workload identity within the service mesh if they have localhost access to the Istiod control plane. Version 1.15.3 contains a patch for this issue. There are no known workarounds.

Severity

7.6 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/istio/istio/security/advisorie…
https://github.com/istio/istio/commit/346260e5115…
https://github.com/istio/istio/commit/9a643e27042…
https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.15.x/anno…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
istio	istio	Affected: >= 1.15.0-beta.0, < 1.15.3

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Nomenclature

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Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-6C6P-H79F-G6P4

Impact

Patches

Workarounds

References

For more information

CVE-2022-39388 (GCVE-0-2022-39388)

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