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GHSA-RXPP-HM83-Q524

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-15 21:31 – Updated: 2026-01-15 21:31

Details

Istio through 1.28.2 allows iptables rule injection for changing firewall behavior via the traffic.sidecar.istio.io/excludeInterfaces annotation. NOTE: the reporter's position is "this doesn't represent a security vulnerability (pod creators can already exclude sidecar injection entirely)."

Severity ?

4.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2026-23766 (GCVE-0-2026-23766)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-15 19:18 – Updated: 2026-01-15 19:47

Summary

Severity ?

4.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-88 - Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/58781
	https://github.com/istio/istio/pull/58785

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Istio	Istio	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.28.2 (semver)

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Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-RXPP-HM83-Q524

CVE-2026-23766 (GCVE-0-2026-23766)

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