Istio 1.1.x through 1.1.6 has Incorrect Access Control. When disablePolicyChecks is set to false, inbound TCP connections do not generate Check requests to istio-policy and external authorization is not applied.
This behavior is a result of a change to istio/pilot/pkg/networking/plugin/mixer/mixer.go in 1.1.
{
"github_reviewed_at": "2021-05-17T15:53:48Z",
"severity": "HIGH",
"github_reviewed": true,
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"nvd_published_at": null
}