In Kong Mesh running in universal mode with a MeshIdentity whose SPIFFE ID path template derives from the dataplane's kuma.io/workload label, the XDS authenticator in kuma-cp validates that label only when the dataplane token is bound to a workload. Workload binding is optional, so a dataplane presenting a tags-bound token can register with kuma.io/workload set to any value and obtain another workload's SPIFFE identity.
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-290"
],
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/18xxx/CVE-2026-18677.json",
"cna_assigner": "Kong"
}