KIALI-SECURITY-003 - Installation into ad-hoc namespaces

Description

• Disclosure date: May 11, 2021
• Affected Releases: prior to 1.33.0
• Impact Score: 6.6 - AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

A vulnerability was found in the Kiali Operator allowing installation of a specified image into any namespace.

Kiali users are exposed to this vulnerability if all the following conditions are met:

• Kiali operator is used for installation.
• Kiali CR was edited to install an image into an unapproved namespace.

This vulnerability is filed as CVE-2021-3495

Mitigation

If you can update:

• Update to Kiali Operator v1.33.0 or later.

If you can not update:

• Ensure only trusted individuals can create or edit a Kiali CRs (resources of kind “kiali”).