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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-1762 · published 27 April 2020

CVE-2020-1762: Kiali insufficient session expiration vulnerability

Kiali · Kiali

An insufficient JWT validation vulnerability was found in Kiali versions 0.4.0 to 1.15.0 and was fixed in Kiali version 1.15.1, wherein a remote attacker could abuse this flaw by stealing a valid JWT cookie and using that to spoof a user session, possibly gaining privileges to view and alter the Istio configuration.

8.6 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 1.2% · top 34.3% CWE-384 · CWE-384CWE-613 · Insufficient session expiration
8.6CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 7.5
1.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An insufficient JWT validation vulnerability was found in Kiali versions 0.4.0 to 1.15.0 and was fixed in Kiali version 1.15.1, wherein a remote attacker could abuse this flaw by stealing a valid JWT cookie and using that to spoof a user session, possibly gaining privileges to view and alter the Istio configuration.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1762 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://kiali.io/news/security-bulletins/kiali-security-001/ MitigationVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1762 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://kiali.io/news/security-bulletins/kiali-security-001/ MitigationVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-1762), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.