CVE-2026-18673 (GCVE-0-2026-18673)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-12 18:20
Modified
2026-08-13 14:54
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
Summary
When kuma-dp is configured with the Envoy admin API on a Unix domain socket, which is the default, its readiness service on TCP port 9902 - bound to all interfaces - forwards almost the entire Envoy admin API to any caller that can reach the port, with no authentication.
An attacker with network access to a data plane's port 9902, for example another pod on the cluster network, can read Envoy and data plane configuration without credentials: config dumps, cluster and listener lists, stats, and the mesh trust bundle. Exposure is read-only - destructive Envoy admin actions are blocked and private keys are not exposed.
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