Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-16844 - Unspecified vulnerability in Istio
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
NONE Summary
In Istio 1.5.0 though 1.5.8 and Istio 1.6.0 through 1.6.7, when users specify an AuthorizationPolicy resource with DENY actions using wildcard suffixes (e.g. *-some-suffix) for source principals or namespace fields, callers will never be denied access, bypassing the intended policy.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | Istio
| 31 |