High (8.6). EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in github.com/kiali/kiali 1.15.1.
A hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in the default configuration file was found in Kiali, all versions prior to 1.15.1. A remote attacker could abuse this flaw by creating their own JWT signed tokens and bypass Kiali authentication mechanisms, possibly gaining privileges to view and alter the Istio configuration.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
8.6 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
EPSS
3.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 89% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)