CVE-2019-12995
Istio before 1.2.2 mishandles certain access tokens, leading to "Epoch 0 terminated with an error...
Istio before 1.2.2 mishandles certain access tokens, leading to "Epoch 0 terminated with an error" in Envoy. This is related to a jwt_authenticator.cc segmentation fault.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Istio before 1.2.2 mishandles certain access tokens, leading to "Epoch 0 terminated with an error" in Envoy. This is related to a jwt_authenticator.cc segmentation fault.
- Record
CVE-2019-12995- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Istio before 1.2.2 mishandles certain access tokens, leading to "Epoch 0 terminated with an error" in Envoy. This is related to a jwt_authenticator.cc segmentation fault.
- Record
CVE-2019-12995- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-4570 No score
Istio before 1.2.2 mishandles certain access tokens, leading to "Epoch 0 terminated with an error" in Envoy. This is related to a jwt_authenticator.cc segmentation fault.
- Record
EUVD-2019-4570- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-45mv-99hf-m73p No score
Istio before 1.2.2 mishandles certain access tokens, leading to "Epoch 0 terminated with an error...
Istio before 1.2.2 mishandles certain access tokens, leading to "Epoch 0 terminated with an error" in Envoy. This is related to a jwt_authenticator.cc segmentation fault.
- Record
GHSA-45mv-99hf-m73p- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Istio before 1.2.2 mishandles certain access tokens, leading to "Epoch 0 terminated with an error" in Envoy. This is related to a jwt_authenticator.cc segmentation fault.
- Record
CVE-2019-12995- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-12995 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Istio, published June 28, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.19%, the 82nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.