CVE-2026-18676

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 60/100
Published: 2026-08-12 Modified: 2026-10-23 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: Active
S: X
AT: None
VC: Low
VI: Low
VA: None

Description

The default kuma-cp configuration in Kong Mesh reveals the admin bootstrap token and signing keys to any webpage the operator visits while the control plane is reachable from their browser. Due to a CORS misconfiguration a cross-origin fetch() from a malicious page returns the admin JWT and signing material.

Weakness Classification (2)

Bug Bounty Relevance

60 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

5.1 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.30%
Raw Score 0.002980
Percentile 22.4%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00298
2026-10-28
0.00298

Intelligence Sources

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