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HIGH

CVE-2019-14993

CVSS v3

7.5

HIGH

EPSS Score

2.3 %

exploit probability, as of 2026-09-25

CISA KEV

No

known exploited

Exploitation

—

SSVC status

Description

Istio before 1.1.13 and 1.2.x before 1.2.4 mishandles regular expressions for long URIs, leading to a denial of service during use of the JWT, VirtualService, HTTPAPISpecBinding, or QuotaSpecBinding API.

Technical details

Published
2019-08-13

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14993?

Istio before 1.1.13 and 1.2.x before 1.2.4 mishandles regular expressions for long URIs, leading to a denial of service during use of the JWT, VirtualService, HTTPAPISpecBinding, or QuotaSpecBinding API.

Is CVE-2019-14993 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2019-14993 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 2.3% on 2026-09-25, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-14993?

CVE-2019-14993 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity).

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