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CVE-2020-1764

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.6 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-03-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-321

Description

A hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in the default configuration file was found in Kiali, all versions prior to 1.15.1. 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.

Affected products

• kiali: before 1.15.1 — fixed in 1.15.1
• Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2: 1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: kiali 1.15.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1764
• https://kiali.io/news/security-bulletins/kiali-security-001/
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1764
• https://kiali.io/news/security-bulletins/kiali-security-001/

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