CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-23635

7.5 HIGH Published 2022-02-22 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-02-22
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-1284, CWE-287

Description

Istio is an open platform to connect, manage, and secure microservices. In affected versions the Istio control plane, `istiod`, is vulnerable to a request processing error, allowing a malicious attacker that sends a specially crafted message which results in the control plane crashing. This endpoint is served over TLS port 15012, but does not require any authentication from the attacker. For simple installations, Istiod is typically only reachable from within the cluster, limiting the blast radius. However, for some deployments, especially multicluster topologies, this port is exposed over the public internet. There are no effective workarounds, beyond upgrading. Limiting network access to Istiod to the minimal set of clients can help lessen the scope of the vulnerability to some extent.

Affected configurations

• istio istio (< 1.11.7) • istio istio (>= 1.12.0 < 1.12.4) • istio istio (>= 1.13.0 < 1.13.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-1284 Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input weakness
  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

References