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high 7.5

CVE-2022-24726 json

Unauthenticated control plane denial of service attack in Istio

published 2022-03-10 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-29579

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Istio is an open platform to connect, manage, and secure microservices. In affected versions the Istio control plane, istiod, is vulnerable to a request processing error, allowing a malicious attacker that sends a specially crafted message which results in the control plane crashing when the validating webhook for a cluster is exposed publicly. This endpoint is served over TLS port 15017, but does not require any authentication from the attacker. For simple installations, Istiod is typically only reachable from within the cluster, limiting the blast radius. However, for some deployments, especially [external istiod](https://istio.io/latest/docs/setup/install/external-controlplane/) topologies, this port is exposed over the public internet. This issue has been patched in versions 1.13.2, 1.12.5 and 1.11.8. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should disable access to a validating webhook that is exposed to the public internet or restrict the set of IP addresses that can query it to a set of known, trusted entities.

Patch / fix

  • istio istio 1.11.8, 1.12.5, 1.13.2
  • kiali service mesh 2.0 v1.24.7.redhat1-1.el8
  • servicemesh service mesh 2.0 2.0.9-3.el8
  • servicemesh-mixc service mesh 2.0 2.0.9-3.el8
  • servicemesh-mixs service mesh 2.0 2.0.9-3.el8
  • servicemesh-proxy service mesh 2.0 2.0.9-3.el8
  • servicemesh-istioctl service mesh 2.0 2.0.9-3.el8
  • servicemesh-prometheus service mesh 2.0 2.14.0-16.el8.1
  • servicemesh-pilot-agent service mesh 2.0 2.0.9-3.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2022:1276RHSA-2022:1275

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-24726 updated cvss 7.5

istio: Unauthenticated control plane denial of service attack due to stack exhaustion

  • Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0 servicemesh-prometheus Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.1 servicemesh-prometheus
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0 servicemesh 2.0.9-3.el8, servicemesh-mixc 2.0.9-3.el8, servicemesh-mixs 2.0.9-3.el8, servicemesh-istioctl 2.0.9-3.el8, servicemesh-pilot-agent 2.0.9-3.el8, servicemesh-pilot-discovery 2.0.9-3.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:1276
  • Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.1 servicemesh 2.1.2-4.el8, servicemesh-cni 2.1.2-4.el8, servicemesh-pilot-agent 2.1.2-4.el8, servicemesh-pilot-discovery 2.1.2-4.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:1275
  • Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0 kiali v1.24.7.redhat1-1.el8, servicemesh-cni 2.0.9-3.el8, servicemesh-proxy 2.0.9-3.el8, servicemesh-operator 2.0.9-3.el8, servicemesh-prometheus 2.14.0-16.el8.1 Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.1 servicemesh-proxy 2.1.2-4.el8, servicemesh-operator 2.1.2-4.el8, servicemesh-ratelimit 2.1.2-4.el8, servicemesh-proxy-wasm 2.1.2-4.el8, servicemesh-prometheus 2.23.0-5.el8
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • istio istio

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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