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CVE-2020-14306

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-14306 is an incorrect access control flaw affecting all versions through 1.1.3 of the openshift-service-mesh/istio-rhel8-operator. This vulnerability allows an attacker with basic cluster access to deploy custom gateways or pods to any namespace, potentially compromising privileged service account tokens. Rated 8.8 HIGH on CVSS, it poses a significant threat to data confidentiality, integrity, and system availability, with a low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:istio-operator_project:istio-operator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0130 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 1.1Fixed in: servicemesh-operator-0:1.1.4-3.el8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-14306Important

openshift-service-mesh/istio-rhel8-operator: control plane can deploy gateway image to any namespace

Jun 30, 2020

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / maistra/istio-operator/pull/462
PatchThird Party Advisory