CVE-2019-25014
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 1.1.13 security update
A NULL pointer dereference was found in pkg/proxy/envoy/v2/debug.go getResourceVersion in Istio pilot before 1.5.0-alpha.0. If a particular HTTP GET request is made to the pilot API endpoint, it is possible to cause the Go runtime to panic (resulting in a denial of service to the istio-pilot application).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A NULL pointer dereference was found in pkg/proxy/envoy/v2/debug.go getResourceVersion in Istio pilot before 1.5.0-alpha.0. If a particular HTTP GET request is made to the pilot API endpoint, it is possible to cause the Go runtime to panic (resulting in a denial of service to the istio-pilot application).
- Record
CVE-2019-25014- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A NULL pointer dereference was found in pkg/proxy/envoy/v2/debug.go getResourceVersion in Istio pilot before 1.5.0-alpha.0. If a particular HTTP GET request is made to the pilot API endpoint, it is possible to cause the Go runtime to panic (resulting in a denial of service to the istio-pilot application).
- Record
CVE-2019-25014- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-11467 No score
A NULL pointer dereference was found in pkg/proxy/envoy/v2/debug.go getResourceVersion in Istio pilot before 1.5.0-alpha.0. If a particular HTTP GET request is made to the pilot API endpoint, it is possible to cause the Go runtime to panic (resulting in a denial of service to the istio-pilot application).
- Record
EUVD-2019-11467- Updated
- 2026-11-03
OSV
A NULL pointer dereference was found in pkg/proxy/envoy/v2/debug.go getResourceVersion in Istio pilot before 1.5.0-alpha.0. If a particular HTTP GET request is made to the pilot API endpoint, it is possible to cause the Go runtime to panic (resulting in a denial of service to the istio-pilot application).
- Record
CVE-2019-25014- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2021:1322
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 1.1.13 security update
- Record
RHSA-2021:1322- 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
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
servicemesh-pilot-agentRed Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8 From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:1.1.13-3.el8 | 0:1.1.13-3.el8 |
servicemesh-pilot-discoveryRed Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8 From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:1.1.13-3.el8 | 0:1.1.13-3.el8 |
servicemesh-proxyRed Hat:service_mesh:1.1::el8 From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:1.1.13-1.el8 | 0:1.1.13-1.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-2019-25014 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Istio, published January 29, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.34%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/istio/istio/compare/1.4.2...1.5.0-alpha.0
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1919066
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1322
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security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2021/rhsa-2021_1322.json
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-25014
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25014
istio.io/latest/news/security/istio-security-2021-003