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CVE-2019-14993· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Istio before 1.1.13 and 1.2.x before 1.2.4 mishandles regular expressions for long URIs, leading to a denial of service during use of the JW

Istio before 1.1.13 and 1.2.x before 1.2.4 mishandles regular expressions for long URIs, leading to a denial of service during use of the JWT, VirtualService, HTTPAPISpecBinding, or QuotaSpecBinding API.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v3.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Aug 13, 2019
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.3% · 83th percentile
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Action score

31

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.3%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
istioistio

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • istio istiobefore 1.1.13
  • istio istio1.2.0 and later · before 1.2.4

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Goistio.io/istiofrom 1.2.0 · before 1.2.41.2.4
Goistio.io/istiobefore 1.1.131.1.13
Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el7kialibefore 0:v1.12.7.redhat1-1.el70:v1.12.7.redhat1-1.el7
Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8iorbefore 0:1.1.0-3.el80:1.1.0-3.el8
Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8servicemeshbefore 0:1.1.0-5.el80:1.1.0-5.el8
Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8servicemesh-citadelbefore 0:1.1.0-5.el80:1.1.0-5.el8
Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8servicemesh-cnibefore 0:1.1.0-3.el80:1.1.0-3.el8
Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8servicemesh-galleybefore 0:1.1.0-5.el80:1.1.0-5.el8
Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8servicemesh-grafanabefore 0:6.4.3-2.el80:6.4.3-2.el8
Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8servicemesh-grafana-prometheusbefore 0:6.4.3-2.el80:6.4.3-2.el8
Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8servicemesh-istioctlbefore 0:1.1.0-5.el80:1.1.0-5.el8
Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8servicemesh-mixcbefore 0:1.1.0-5.el80:1.1.0-5.el8
Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8servicemesh-mixsbefore 0:1.1.0-5.el80:1.1.0-5.el8
Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8servicemesh-operatorbefore 0:1.1.0-9.el80:1.1.0-9.el8
Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8servicemesh-pilot-agentbefore 0:1.1.0-5.el80:1.1.0-5.el8
Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8servicemesh-pilot-discoverybefore 0:1.1.0-5.el80:1.1.0-5.el8
Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8servicemesh-prometheusbefore 0:2.14.0-3.el80:2.14.0-3.el8
Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8servicemesh-proxybefore 0:1.1.0-4.el80:1.1.0-4.el8
Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8servicemesh-sidecar-injectorbefore 0:1.1.0-5.el80:1.1.0-5.el8

Same product

istio: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2022-31045Ill-formed headers may lead to unexpected behavior in Istio
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2022-21679Authorization Policy bypass in Istio
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2021-31921Istio before 1.8.6 and 1.9.x before 1.9.5 contains a remotely exploitable vulnerability where an external client can access unexpected servi
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2021-34824Istio (1.8.x, 1.9.0-1.9.5 and 1.10.0-1.10.1) contains a remotely exploitable vulnerability where credentials specified in the Gateway and De
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2022-21701Privileged Escalation in Istio
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-31837Istio JWKS resolver to prevent private key material from being exposed when JWKS fetch fails.
    34Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Go:istio.io/istio1.1.13Package registry (OSV)
Go:istio.io/istio1.2.4Package registry (OSV)
red hat:ior0:1.1.0-3.el8 · Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8Package registry (OSV)
red hat:kiali0:v1.12.7.redhat1-1.el7 · Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:servicemesh0:1.1.0-5.el8 · Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8Package registry (OSV)
red hat:servicemesh-citadel0:1.1.0-5.el8 · Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8Package registry (OSV)
red hat:servicemesh-cni0:1.1.0-3.el8 · Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8Package registry (OSV)
red hat:servicemesh-galley0:1.1.0-5.el8 · Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8Package registry (OSV)
red hat:servicemesh-grafana0:6.4.3-2.el8 · Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8Package registry (OSV)
red hat:servicemesh-grafana-prometheus0:6.4.3-2.el8 · Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8Package registry (OSV)
red hat:servicemesh-istioctl0:1.1.0-5.el8 · Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8Package registry (OSV)
red hat:servicemesh-mixc0:1.1.0-5.el8 · Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8Package registry (OSV)
red hat:servicemesh-mixs0:1.1.0-5.el8 · Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8Package registry (OSV)
red hat:servicemesh-operator0:1.1.0-9.el8 · Red Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-185 · Incorrect Regular Expression

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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