Read the docs
TI-2026-15300 Aliases CVE-2026-18673GHSA-jcrf-7pr5-jv5v

Kong Mesh: the kuma-dp readiness service exposes the Envoy admin API without authentication

Priority LOW 24CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Information disclosure, Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200 and CWE-306.

Summary

When kuma-dp is configured with the Envoy admin API on a Unix domain socket, which is the default, its readiness service on TCP port 9902 - bound to all interfaces - forwards almost the entire Envoy admin API to any caller that can reach the port, with no authentication. An attacker with network access to a data plane's port 9902, for example another pod on the cluster network, can read Envoy and data plane configuration without credentials: config dumps, cluster and listener lists, stats, and the mesh trust bundle. Exposure is read-only - destructive Envoy admin actions are blocked and private keys are not exposed.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00456 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Kong Mesh (Kong Inc.): 2.14.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Kong Inc.Kong Mesh2.14.0 to before 2.14.22.14.2Patch availableCNA
  • Kong Mesh VendorKong Inc. Affected 2.14.0 to before 2.14.2 Fixed in 2.14.2 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Kong Mesh (Kong Inc.) Fixed in 2.14.2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-18673
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jcrf-7pr5-jv5v

References

Patch 2

Advisory 2

  • TI-2020-17871 The official kong docker images before 1.0.2-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-00925 Arbitrary Code Execution in Kong Insomnia Desktop Application CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2026-12562 Kong API Gateway Enterprise: SAML Authentication bypass CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.7
  • TI-2026-12561 Kong API Gateway Enterprise: JWT Algorithm-Confusion CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.7
  • TI-2020-18854 Kong lua-multipart multipart.lua is_header redos CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-70893 SQL injection in Kong Gateway clustering communication CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.5
See all 16 →

Sources

This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences