# istio_53279.yaml
apiVersion: release-notes/v2
kind: bug-fix
area: traffic-management

# issue is a list of GitHub issues resolved in this note.
# If issue is not in the current repo, specify its full URL instead.
issue:
  - https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/53279
  - 23624

releaseNotes:
- |
  **Fixed** an issue where if a wasm image fetch fails, an allow all RBAC filter is used. Now if `failStrategy` is set to `FAIL_CLOSE`, a DENY-ALL RBAC filter will be used.