GO-2026-6013 kuma-dp connects to control plane without verifying TLS certificate when no CA is configured in github.com/kumahq/kuma

kuma-dp connects to control plane without verifying TLS certificate when no CA is configured in github.com/kumahq/kuma. NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions. If this is causing false-positive...

Improper Certificate Validation

kuma-dp is vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation. The vulnerability is due to TLS peer verification being disabled when no CA certificate is provided for an HTTPS control plane, which allows an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack and intercept the dataplane authentication token...

kuma-dp connects to control plane without verifying TLS certificate when no CA is configured

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. The dataplane authentication token is sent over this unverified connection Impact An on-path attacker can intercept the dataplane...