Access Restriction Bypass Affecting istio.io/istio/pilot/pkg/networking/core/v1alpha3 package, versions >=1.9.0 <1.9.5<1.8.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-ISTIOIOISTIOPILOTPKGNETWORKINGCOREV1ALPHA3-1299106
  • published3 Jun 2021
  • disclosed3 Jun 2021
  • creditJohn Howard of Google

Introduced: 3 Jun 2021

CVE-2021-31921  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade istio.io/istio/pilot/pkg/networking/core/v1alpha3 to version 1.9.5, 1.8.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. When a gateway is using the AUTO_PASSTHROUGH routing configuration, attackers can bypass authorization checks and access unexpected services in the cluster.

This vulnerability only impacts usage of the AUTO_PASSTHROUGH Gateway type, which is typically only used in multi-network multi-cluster deployments. See the Istio advisory for more information on triaging the impact of this vulnerability.

CVSS Scores

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