CVE-2020-8664
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 1.0.9 servicemesh-proxy security update
CNCF Envoy through 1.13.0 has incorrect Access Control when using SDS with Combined Validation Context. Using the same secret (e.g. trusted CA) across many resources together with the combined validation context could lead to the “static” part of the validation context to be not applied, even though it was visible in the active config dump.
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
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.3
CNCF Envoy through 1.13.0 has incorrect Access Control when using SDS with Combined Validation Context. Using the same secret (e.g. trusted CA) across many resources together with the combined validation context could lead to the “static” part of the validation context to be not applied, even though it was visible in the active config dump.
- Record
CVE-2020-8664- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
CNCF Envoy through 1.13.0 has incorrect Access Control when using SDS with Combined Validation Context. Using the same secret (e.g. trusted CA) across many resources together with the combined validation context could lead to the “static” part of the validation context to be not applied, even though it was visible in the active config dump.
- Record
CVE-2020-8664- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-29512 No score
CNCF Envoy through 1.13.0 has incorrect Access Control when using SDS with Combined Validation Context. Using the same secret (e.g. trusted CA) across many resources together with the combined validation context could lead to the “static” part of the validation context to be not applied, even though it was visible in the active config dump.
- Record
EUVD-2020-29512- Updated
- 2026-11-03
OSV
5.3
CNCF Envoy through 1.13.0 has incorrect Access Control when using SDS with Combined Validation Context. Using the same secret (e.g. trusted CA) across many resources together with the combined validation context could lead to the “static” part of the validation context to be not applied, even though it was visible in the active config dump.
- Record
CVE-2020-8664- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2020:0734
7.5
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 1.0.9 servicemesh-proxy security update
- Record
RHSA-2020:0734- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-envoy-2020-8664 No score
CNCF Envoy through 1.13.0 has incorrect Access Control when using SDS with Combined Validation Context. Using the same secret (e.g. trusted CA) across many resources together with the combined validation context could lead to the “static” part of the validation context to be not applied, even though it was visible in the active config dump.
- Record
BIT-envoy-2020-8664- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
envoyBitnami |
through 1.13.0 | None known |
servicemesh-proxyRed Hat:service_mesh:1.0::el8 From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:1.0.9-2.el8 | 0:1.0.9-2.el8 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-8664 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Envoyproxy Envoy, published March 4, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.30%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/v1.13.1/intro/version_history
github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-3x9m-pgmg-xpx8
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0734
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8664
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1802539
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bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1802540
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1802542
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1802545
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2020/rhsa-2020_0734.json
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8659
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8659
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8659
github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-jwcm-4pwp-c2qv
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8660
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8660
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8660
github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-c4g8-7grc-5wvx
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8661
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8661
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8661
github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-36cq-ww7h-p4j7
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8664
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8664