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CVE-2021-20278

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.76%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-05-28 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2021-20278
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
0.76%

Original NVD Description

An authentication bypass vulnerability was found in Kiali in versions before 1.31.0 when the authentication strategy `OpenID` is used. When RBAC is enabled, Kiali assumes that some of the token validation is handled by the underlying cluster. When OpenID `implicit flow` is used with RBAC turned off, this token validation doesn't occur, and this allows a malicious user to bypass the authentication.