Istio is an open platform to connect, manage, and secure microservices. Prior to 1.29.1, 1.28.5, and 1.27.8, a user of Istio is impacted if the JWKS resolver becomes unavailable or the fetch fails, exposing hardcoded defaults regardless of use of the RequestAuthentication resource. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.29.1, 1.28.5, and 1.27.8.
https://docs.cloud.google.com/support/bulletins/index#gcp-2026-013
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-31837.json
https://github.com/istio/istio/security/advisories/GHSA-v75c-crr9-733c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2446344
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31837
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5952
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5950
Published: 2026-03-10
Updated: 2026-06-30
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Severity: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity: High
Base Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.0005