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TI-2021-11908 Aliases CVE-2021-31920

Istio before 1.8.6 and 1.9.x before 1.9.5 has a remotely exploitable vulnerability where…

Priority LOW 32CWE-706Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Istio before 1.8.6 and 1.9.x before 1.9.5 has a remotely exploitable vulnerability where an HTTP request path with multiple slashes or escaped slash characters (%2F or %5C) could potentially bypass an Istio authorization policy when path based authorization rules are used.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01316 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:istio:istio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.8.6; 1.9.0 to before 1.9.5Vulnerableistio
  • cpe:2.3:a:istio:istio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.8.6; 1.9.0 to before 1.9.5 Vulnerable ·istio

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2021:1538 Released 2021-05-11 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0.4 security update
    • OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0 servicemesh-2.0.4-1.el8, servicemesh-istioctl-2.0.4-1.el8, servicemesh-mixc-2.0.4-1.el8 +5
  • RHSA-2021:1540 Released 2021-05-11 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 1.1.14 security update
    • OpenShift Service Mesh 1.1 servicemesh-1.1.14-1.el8, servicemesh-citadel-1.1.14-1.el8, servicemesh-galley-1.1.14-1.el8 +7

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
OpenShift Service Mesh 1.1Fixed RHSA-2021:1540
OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0Fixed RHSA-2021:1538
Not affected: 2 products
  • OpenShift Service Mesh 1.1
  • OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-31920

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2026-79288 Out-of-bounds write in Google Brotli decoder KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-06055 Authorization Policy bypass in Istio CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-11909 Istio before 1.8.6 and 1.9.x before 1.9.5 contains a remotely exploitable vulnerability… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-24390 Istio JWKS resolver to prevent private key material from being exposed when JWKS fetch fails. CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2022-13090 Ill-formed headers may lead to unexpected behavior in Istio CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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