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Medium · 5.1 CVE-2026-18676 CVE-2026-45021EUVD-2026-57423GHSA-x23j-4pcq-m26jGO-2026-5102

Kong Mesh: default control plane config leaks the admin token cross-origin via a CORS wildcard and localhost admin

Published Aug 12, 2026 · Updated Aug 13, 2026 · Assigned by Kong

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Kong Kong Mesh < 2.7.25, 2.8.0 – < 2.9.15, 2.10.0 – < 2.11.13, 2.12.0 – < 2.12.10, 2.13.0 – < 2.13.5 2.7.25

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/kumahq/kuma < 2.7.25 2.7.25 GHSA-3vcp-chfh-f6r2
Go github.com/kumahq/kuma >= 2.9.0, < 2.9.15 2.9.15 GHSA-3vcp-chfh-f6r2
Go github.com/kumahq/kuma >= 2.11.0, < 2.11.13 2.11.13 GHSA-3vcp-chfh-f6r2
Go github.com/kumahq/kuma >= 2.12.0, < 2.12.10 2.12.10 GHSA-3vcp-chfh-f6r2
Go github.com/kumahq/kuma >= 2.13.0, < 2.13.5 2.13.5 GHSA-3vcp-chfh-f6r2
Go github.com/kumahq/kuma all versions — GO-2026-5102
Go github.com/kumahq/kuma/v2 < 2.7.25 · >= 2.9.13, < 2.11.13 · >= 2.12.4, < 2.12.10 · >= 2.13.0, < 2.13.5 2.7.25, 2.11.13, 2.12.10, 2.13.5 GO-2026-5102

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