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CVE-2026-18679 (GCVE-0-2026-18679)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-12 18:52 – Updated: 2026-08-13 14:45

Title

Kong Mesh: kuma-dp connects to the control plane without verifying the TLS certificate when no CA is configured

Summary

When kuma-dp is started against an HTTPS control plane and the operator did not pass a CA certificate, the data plane connects with TLS peer verification disabled, and the dataplane authentication token is sent over that unverified connection. An on-path actor can intercept the dataplane authentication token and impersonate the control plane to the data plane, injecting a forged bootstrap configuration and taking over the proxy.

Severity

5.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-13 14:45 UTC

CWE

CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation

Assigner

Kong mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/kumahq/kuma/security/advisorie…	vendor-advisory
https://github.com/kumahq/kuma/pull/16777	patch
https://developer.konghq.com/mesh/changelog/	release-notes

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Kong Inc.	Kong Mesh	Affected: 0 , < 2.7.26 (semver) Affected: 2.8.0 , < 2.9.16 (semver) Affected: 2.10.0 , < 2.11.14 (semver) Affected: 2.12.0 , < 2.12.11 (semver) Affected: 2.13.0 , < 2.13.7 (semver)	guessed

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FKIE_CVE-2026-18679

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-12 20:17 - Updated: 2026-08-31 19:22

Severity

5.8 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Summary

References

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	02762ae7-200e-4b20-9b2b-a77d5b8fc4cb	https://developer.konghq.com/mesh/changelog/
	02762ae7-200e-4b20-9b2b-a77d5b8fc4cb	https://github.com/kumahq/kuma/pull/16777
	02762ae7-200e-4b20-9b2b-a77d5b8fc4cb	https://github.com/kumahq/kuma/security/advisories/GHSA-wvmp-6r4v-j6cv

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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          ],
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          "vendor": "Kong Inc.",
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              "status": "affected",
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            },
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            },
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              "lessThan": "2.12.11",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "2.12.0",
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    }
  ],
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  "lastModified": "2026-08-31T19:22:43.473",
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          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
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          "modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED",
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    },
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}

GHSA-WC82-HQX6-G35Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-12 21:31 – Updated: 2026-08-12 21:31

Details

An on-path actor can intercept the dataplane authentication token and impersonate the control plane to the data plane, injecting a forged bootstrap configuration and taking over the proxy.

Severity

5.8 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-18679"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-295"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-08-12T20:17:41Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "When kuma-dp is started against an HTTPS control plane and the operator did not pass a CA certificate, the data plane connects with TLS peer verification disabled, and the dataplane authentication token is sent over that unverified connection.\n\n\n\nAn on-path actor can intercept the dataplane authentication token and impersonate the control plane to the data plane, injecting a forged bootstrap configuration and taking over the proxy.",
  "id": "GHSA-wc82-hqx6-g35q",
  "modified": "2026-08-12T21:31:40Z",
  "published": "2026-08-12T21:31:40Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/kumahq/kuma/security/advisories/GHSA-wvmp-6r4v-j6cv"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18679"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/kumahq/kuma/pull/16777"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://developer.konghq.com/mesh/changelog"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ]
}

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Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2026-18679 (GCVE-0-2026-18679)

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GHSA-WC82-HQX6-G35Q

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