CVE-2020-1764

HighCVSS 8.6/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.6/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-321 CWE-798

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	kiali	all Kiali versions prior to 1.15.1

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1764Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
https://kiali.io/news/security-bulletins/kiali-security-001/Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1764Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
https://kiali.io/news/security-bulletins/kiali-security-001/Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 26, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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