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High · 7.0 CVE-2026-18674 EUVD-2026-60160GHSA-fxcr-qwx6-5h7q

Kong Mesh multi-zone: the global control plane attributes KDS-synced resources by an unvalidated in-band zone identifier

Published Aug 17, 2026 · Updated Aug 17, 2026 · Assigned by Kong

Description

On a Kong Mesh global control plane, resources received over the zone-to-global KDS sync are attributed using the in-band, sender-controlled ControlPlane.Identifier rather than the authenticated zone identity derived from the connection. Authenticated zones can have the global control plane store and re-distribute those resources as belonging to another zone.

The result is a cross-zone isolation bypass: the holder of a single enrolled zone's credential can inject, attribute, and overwrite resources in another zone's namespace mesh-wide.

The root cause lives in Kuma's open-source KDS sync code, which Kong Mesh's control plane is built on.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Kong Kong Mesh < 2.7.29, 2.8.0 – < 2.9.19, 2.10.0 – < 2.11.18, 2.12.0 – < 2.12.14, 2.13.0 – < 2.13.10, 2.14.0 – < 2.14.2 2.7.29

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