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CVE-2026-18677

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Description

In Kong Mesh running in universal mode with a MeshIdentity whose SPIFFE ID path template derives from the dataplane's kuma.io/workload label, the XDS authenticator in kuma-cp validates that label only when the dataplane token is bound to a workload. Workload binding is optional, so a dataplane presenting a tags-bound token can register with kuma.io/workload set to any value and obtain another workload's SPIFFE identity.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.0 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
02762ae7-200e-4b20-9b2b-a77d5b8fc4cb
Published
2026-08-12 19:17:31.063000
Last modified
2026-10-23 19:10:00.167000
View original CVE JSON
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  "sourceIdentifier": "02762ae7-200e-4b20-9b2b-a77d5b8fc4cb",
  "published": "2026-08-12T19:17:31.063",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-23T19:10:00.167",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
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      "value": "In Kong Mesh running in universal mode with a MeshIdentity whose SPIFFE ID path template derives from the dataplane's kuma.io/workload label, the XDS authenticator in kuma-cp validates that label only when the dataplane token is bound to a workload. Workload binding is optional, so a dataplane presenting a tags-bound token can register with kuma.io/workload set to any value and obtain another workload's SPIFFE identity."
    },
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      "value": "En Kong Mesh ejecutándose en modo universal con una MeshIdentity cuyo patrón de ruta de ID SPIFFE deriva de la etiqueta kuma.io/workload del dataplane, el autenticador XDS en kuma-cp valida esa etiqueta solo cuyo el token del dataplane está vinculado a una carga de trabajo. La vinculación de la carga de trabajo es opcional, por lo que un dataplane que presenta un token vinculado a etiquetas puede registrarse con kuma.io/workload establecido en cualquier valor y obtener la identidad SPIFFE de otra carga de trabajo."
    }
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          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "modules": [
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          "platforms": [
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          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
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