Insufficiently Protected Credentials Affecting github.com/kiali/kiali/handlers package, versions <1.16.0-snapshot.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.21% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMKIALIKIALIHANDLERS-561358
  • published26 Mar 2020
  • disclosed26 Mar 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Mar 2020

CVE-2020-1764  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-321  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/kiali/kiali/handlers to version 1.16.0-snapshot.1 or higher.

Overview

github.com/kiali/kiali/handlers is a handler package part of kiali.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insufficiently Protected Credentials. A hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in the default configuration file was found in Kiali. A remote attacker could abuse this flaw by creating their own JWT signed tokens and bypass Kiali authentication mechanisms, possibly gaining privileges to view and alter the Istio configuration

CVSS Scores

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