CVE-2026-18675
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
The dataplane token validator in kuma-cp performs an unchecked Go type assertion on the JWT kid header. A token whose kid is a JSON number decodes as a float64 and triggers a runtime panic before any signature, claims, or authorization check runs. The panic terminates the entire kuma-cp process, HTTP API, the health and readiness endpoints, and xDS. Unauthenticated access to the dataplane gRPC server can trigger the crash with a malformed token A single request is a transient interruption; sustaining an outage requires repeated requests.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.3
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
02762ae7-200e-4b20-9b2b-a77d5b8fc4cb
Published
2026-08-12 19:17:30.650000
Last modified
2026-10-23 19:10:00.167000
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