gs>Scope and Key Findings</h2><p>The assessment evaluated Istio’s architecture as a whole for security related
issues with focus on key components like istiod (Pilot), Ingress/Egress
gateways, and Istio’s overall Envoy usage as its data plane proxy. Additionally,
Istio documentation, including security guides, were audited for correctness and
clarity. The report was compiled against Istio version 1.6.5, and since then the
Product Security Working Group has issued several security releases as new
vulnera