Auth bypass in Cncf Envoy

CVE-2020-8664

CNCF Envoy through 1.13.0 has incorrect Access Control when using SDS with Combined Validation Context. Using the same secret (e.g. trusted CA) across many resources together with the combined validation context could lead to the “static” part of the validation context to be not applied, even though it was visible in the active config dump.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.3th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-8664: held from 0.013 to 0.013.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8664?
CVE-2020-8664 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cncf Envoy, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-03-04.
How severe is CVE-2020-8664?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-8664 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.