iv><p>This release fixes security vulnerabilities described on January 18th (<a href=/v1.25/news/security/istio-security-2022-001/>ISTIO-SECURITY-2022-001</a> and <a href=/v1.25/news/security/istio-security-2022-002/>ISTIO-SECURITY-2022-002</a>) and includes minor bug fixes to improve robustness. This release note describes what’s different between Istio 1.12.1 and Istio 1.12.2.</p><div class="relnote-actions call-to-action"><a class=entry href=/v1.25/news/releases/1.12.x/announcing-1.12/upgrade-notes/><h