Improper access control in envoy - CVE-2020-8660
Published: March 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25836
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8660
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Affected software:
envoy
envoy
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass TLS inspector.
The vulnerability exists due to the TLS extensions (SNI, ALPN) are not inspected, those connections might been matched to a wrong filter chain. A remote attacker can bypass implemented security restrictions in the process and gain unauthorized access to the application.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-8660
Install updates from vendor's website.