CVE-2026-31838
March 10, 2026
Istio is an open platform to connect, manage, and secure microservices. Prior to 1.29.1, 1.28.5, and 1.27.8, a vulnerability in Envoy RBAC header matching could allow authorization policy bypass when policies rely on HTTP headers that may contain multiple values. An attacker could craft requests with multiple header values in a way that causes Envoy to evaluate the header differently than intended, potentially bypassing authorization checks. This may allow unauthorized requests to reach protected services when policies depend on such header-based matching conditions. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.29.1, 1.28.5, and 1.27.8.
Affected Packages
github.com/istio/istio (GO):
Affected version(s) >=0.1.0 <1.27.8Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.27.8github.com/istio/istio (GO):
Affected version(s) >=1.28.0 <1.28.5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.28.5github.com/istio/istio (GO):
Affected version(s) =1.29.0 <1.29.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.29.1Related ResourcesĀ (1)
Do you need more information?
Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
LOW
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Incorrect Authorization
EPSS
Base Score:
0.04