{"id":"CVE-2020-1764","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-1764","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:21:05.807Z","title":"A hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in the default configuration file was found in Kiali, all versions prior to 1.15.1.","description":"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.","published":"2020-03-26T13:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:02:21.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.6,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-321","CWE-798"],"affected":["kiali/kiali","redhat/openshift service mesh"],"epss":{"score":0.03468,"percentile":0.88983,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1764","tags":["Issue Tracking","Mitigation","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://kiali.io/news/security-bulletins/kiali-security-001/","tags":["Exploit","Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1764","tags":["Issue Tracking","Mitigation","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://kiali.io/news/security-bulletins/kiali-security-001/","tags":["Exploit","Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1764","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}