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SCA: security update for istio.io/istio (GHSA-xwx5-5c9g-x68x)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420726

Description

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

 - Istio is an open platform to connect, manage, and secure microservices. In affected versions ill-formed
 headers sent to Envoy in certain configurations can lead to unexpected memory access resulting in
 undefined behavior or crashing. Users are most likely at risk if they have an Istio ingress Gateway
 exposed to external traffic. This vulnerability has been resolved in versions 1.12.8, 1.13.5, and 1.14.1.
 Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue. (CVE-2022-31045)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xwx5-5c9g-x68x

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 420726

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 6/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-31045

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-31045

cwe: CWE-125