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.
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6q5m-22mq-q2xv
https://istio.io/latest/news/security/istio-security-2021-005/