GHSA-fgw5-hp8f-xfhc
Istio: SSRF via RequestAuthentication jwksUri
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | istio.io/istio | < 0.0.0-20260410004459-189832a289c1 | 0.0.0-20260410004459-189832a289c1 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Impact
When a RequestAuthentication resource is created with a jwksUri pointing to an internal service, istiod makes an unauthenticated HTTP GET request to that URL without filtering out localhost or link local ips. This can result in sensitive data being distributed to Envoy proxies via xDS configuration.
Note: a partial mitigation for this was released in 1.29.1, 128.5, and 1.27.8; however, it was incomplete and missed a few codepaths. 1.29.2 and 1.28.6 contain the more robust fix.
### Patches
_Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?_
### Workarounds
Users can deploy a `ValidatingAdmissionPolicy` to prevent the creation of `RequestAuthentication` resources with suspicious jwksUri field values (e.g. localhost, 127.0.0.0/8, 169.254.0.0/16, the ipv6 variants, etc.).
### References
None
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.