CVE-2026-18673

MediumCVSS 5.3/10Last modified Oct 23, 2026

Description

When kuma-dp is configured with the Envoy admin API on a Unix domain socket, which is the default, its readiness service on TCP port 9902 - bound to all interfaces - forwards almost the entire Envoy admin API to any caller that can reach the port, with no authentication.

An attacker with network access to a data plane's port 9902, for example another pod on the cluster network, can read Envoy and data plane configuration without credentials: config dumps, cluster and listener lists, stats, and the mesh trust bundle. Exposure is read-only - destructive Envoy admin actions are blocked and private keys are not exposed.

Metrics

CVSS 4.0 5.3/10

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200 CWE-306

Affected software

Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Kong Inc.	Kong Mesh	>= 2.14.0, < 2.14.2

References

Timeline

Published: Aug 12, 2026
Last modified: Oct 23, 2026
NVD status: Awaiting Analysis

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