CVE-2020-14306

HIGH

istio-operator < 1.1.3 - Incorrect Access Control via Custom Gateway/Pod Deployment

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An incorrect access control flaw was found in the operator, openshift-service-mesh/istio-rhel8-operator all versions through 1.1.3. This flaw allows an attacker with a basic level of access to the cluster to deploy a custom gateway/pod to any namespace, potentially gaining access to privileged service account tokens. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1850380

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0130
EPSS Percentile 67.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-862
Status published
Products (1)
istio-operator_project/istio-operator < 1.1.3
Published Sep 16, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026