CVE-2026-18679

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.85.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.8 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2% (4th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 5.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

When kuma-dp is started against an HTTPS control plane and the operator did not pass a CA certificate, the data plane connects with TLS peer verification disabled, and the dataplane authentication token is sent over that unverified connection.

An on-path actor can intercept the dataplane authentication token and impersonate the control plane to the data plane, injecting a forged bootstrap configuration and taking over the proxy.

CVSS v3
5.8
EG Score
5.8MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
26
EG Risk 26/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity58% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
4th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 12, 2026

Last Modified

August 31, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Aug 12, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github, github_pr.
generic

Kong Mesh changelog - Kong Mesh | Kong Docs

https://developer.konghq.com/mesh/changelog/
github_pr

fix(kuma-cp): use system trust when CA cert is not provided

Fix merged in kumahq/kuma PR #16777 on 2026-05-29 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/kumahq/kuma/pull/16777
github Patch Available

kuma-dp connects to control plane without verifying TLS certificate when no CA is configured · Advisory · kumahq/kuma · GitHub

https://github.com/kumahq/kuma/security/advisories/GHSA-wvmp-6r4v-j6cv

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-18679(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(2 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
github.com/kumahq/kuma—
  • every version through 1.8.1: no fix on record
  • every version on: no fix on record
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github.com/kumahq/kuma/v2—
  • every version up to 2.7.26: fixed in 2.7.26
  • 2.8.0 up to 2.9.16: fixed in 2.9.16
  • 2.10.0 up to 2.11.14: fixed in 2.11.14
  • 2.12.0 up to 2.12.11: fixed in 2.12.11
  • 2.13.0 up to 2.13.7: fixed in 2.13.7
  • 2.9.13 up to 2.11.14: fixed in 2.11.14
  • 2.12.4 up to 2.12.11: fixed in 2.12.11
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 67× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-18679?
CVE-2026-18679 is a medium vulnerability published on August 12, 2026. When kuma-dp is started against an HTTPS control plane and the operator did not pass a CA certificate, the data plane connects with TLS peer verification disabled, and the dataplane authentication token is sent over that unverified connection. An on-path actor can intercept the dataplane…
When was CVE-2026-18679 disclosed?
CVE-2026-18679 was first published on August 12, 2026, with the most recent update on August 31, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-18679 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-18679 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (4th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-18679?
CVE-2026-18679 has a CVSS base score of 5.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-18679?
A fix for CVE-2026-18679 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-18679 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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