module

Kong Gateway Admin API Remote Code Execution

Disclosed
Oct 13, 2020

Description

This module uses the Kong admin API to create a route and a serverless function plugin that is associated with
the route. The plugin runs Lua code and is used to run a system command using os.execute(). After execution the
route is deleted, which also deletes the plugin.
Title
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