SCA: security update for github.com/kiali/kiali (GHSA-64rh-r86q-75ff)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 411186

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- A hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in the default configuration file was found in Kiali, all
versions prior to 1.15.1. A remote attacker could abuse this flaw by creating their own JWT signed tokens
and bypass Kiali authentication mechanisms, possibly gaining privileges to view and alter the Istio
configuration. (CVE-2020-1764)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-64rh-r86q-75ff

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 411186

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

Percentile: 52.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1764

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1764