CVE-2026-31837

HIGH EPSS 19.7%
Published Mar 10, 20263mo ago · Modified Mar 18, 20263mo ago
8.7 CVSS 4.0
High
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Published Mar 10, 2026 3mo ago
Last Modified Mar 18, 2026 3mo ago

Description

Istio is an open platform to connect, manage, and secure microservices. Prior to 1.29.1, 1.28.5, and 1.27.8, a user of Istio is impacted if the JWKS resolver becomes unavailable or the fetch fails, exposing hardcoded defaults regardless of use of the RequestAuthentication resource. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.29.1, 1.28.5, and 1.27.8.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.7
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/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
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
19.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Information Exposure

Affected Products 3

VendorProductVersionRange
istioistio* <1.27.8
istioistio*≥1.28.0  –  <1.28.5
istioistio*≥1.29.0  –  <1.29.1

References 1

  • github.com https://github.com/istio/istio/security/advisories/GHSA-v75c-crr9-733c
    Vendor Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.