CVE-2020-1764
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...
- Published
- Mar 26, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 88.5%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2020-1764 authentication bypass in Kiali 0.4.0–1.15.0, enabling unauthorized API access via crafted JWT tokens.
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