What is CVE-2021-20278?

CVE-2021-20278 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kiali, classified under Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-05-28.

How severe is CVE-2021-20278?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Kiali

CVE-2021-20278

An authentication bypass vulnerability was found in Kiali in versions before 1.31.0 when the authentication strategy `OpenID` is used. When RBAC is enabled, Kiali assumes that some of the token validation is handled by the underlying clust…

EPSS: 0.008 (51.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Kiali
N/a Kiali — versions kiali 1.31.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-290 — Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-20278?: CVE-2021-20278 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kiali, classified under Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-05-28.
How severe is CVE-2021-20278?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.