High severity · published Jun 5, 2019
CVE-2019-12243
Istio 1.1.x through 1.1.6 has Incorrect Access Control
7.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Istio 1.1.x through 1.1.6 has Incorrect Access Control.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 67% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IS
Istio · Istio
1.1 through 1.1.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12243
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12243
Release Notes
https://istio.io/about/notes/
Exploit
https://istio.io/blog/2019/cve-2019-12243/
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