Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') Affecting github.com/kiali/kiali package, versions <1.57.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMKIALIKIALI-5916513
  • published 25 Sep 2023
  • disclosed 23 Sep 2023
  • credit John Mazzitelli

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/kiali/kiali to version 1.57.4 or higher.

Overview

github.com/kiali/kiali is a Kiali is a management console for Istio service mesh. Kiali can be quickly installed as an Istio add-on, or trusted as a part of your production environment.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') due to improper error handling when the page or endpoint being accessed cannot be found. An attacker can perform arbitrary text injection by accessing a URL that retrieves an error response.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
4.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

4.3 medium