CVE 5.1 MEDIUM

Kuma: Default kuma-cp leaks admin token cross-origin via CORS wildcard + LocalhostIsAdmin_CVE-2026-45021

5.1 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Description

Kuma is a modern Envoy-based service mesh that can run on every cloud across both Kubernetes and VMs. Prior to 2.7.25, 2.9.15, 2.11.13, 2.12.10, and 2.13.5, the default kuma-cp config leaks the admin bootstrap token and signing keys to any webpage the operator visits while the control plane is reachable from their browser. CorsAllowedDomains: [".*"] reflects any Origin, and LocalhostIsAdmin: true promotes requests from 127.0.0.1 to mesh-system:admin. A cross-origin fetch() from a malicious page returns the admin JWT and signing material. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.7.25, 2.9.15, 2.11.13, 2.12.10, and 2.13.5.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-45021
Source GitHub_M
Published May 28, 2026 at 17:45

Affected Product

Vendor kumahq
Product kuma
Version < 2.7.25
Affected Versions kumahq kuma < 2.7.25
kumahq kuma >= 2.9.0, < 2.9.15
kumahq kuma >= 2.11.0, < 2.11.13
kumahq kuma >= 2.12.0, < 2.12.10
kumahq kuma >= 2.13.0, < 2.13.5

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