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CVE-2020-1762

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-1762 describes an insufficient JSON Web Token (JWT) validation vulnerability in Kiali versions 0.4.0 to 1.15.0, affecting Kiali and Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh. This flaw allows a remote attacker to steal a valid JWT cookie and spoof a user session, potentially gaining unauthorized access to view and alter Istio configurations. With a CVSS score of 8.6 (High), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and no required user interaction, posing a significant risk of data confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0.4.0, < 1.15.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kiali:kiali:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_service_mesh:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.0HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
4.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0112 is in the 41st percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (3)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/kiali/kialiFixed in: 1.15.1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Service Mesh 1.0Fixed in: jaeger-0:v1.13.1.redhat6-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Service Mesh 1.0Fixed in: kiali-0:v1.0.10.redhat1-1.el7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-465w-gg5p-85c9high

Insufficient Session Expiration in Kiali

May 18, 2021
redhatCVE-2020-1762Moderate

kiali: ignoring JWT claim fields

Mar 25, 2020

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
kiali.io / news/security-bulletins/kiali-security-001
MitigationVendor Advisory