What is CVE-2019-18817?

CVE-2019-18817 is a high-severity vulnerability in Istio, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-12.

How severe is CVE-2019-18817?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Istio

CVE-2019-18817

Istio 1.3.x before 1.3.5 allows Denial of Service because continue_on_listener_filters_timeout is set to True, a related issue to CVE-2019-18836.

EPSS: 0.012 (65.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Istio
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-18817?: CVE-2019-18817 is a high-severity vulnerability in Istio, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-12.
How severe is CVE-2019-18817?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.