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CVE-2026-6994: Envoy · Injection

Affects EnvoySource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
5.3Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 13% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 25 Apr 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 24 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
EnvoyAffected
  • 1.0 – 1.33.0
34 affected builds
Fixed in–
GitHubenvoyproxy/envoypkg:github/envoyproxy/envoyOther threatsAffected
  • <=1.33.0
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

A patch identified by commit f8f4f1e02fdc64ecd4acf2d903208dd7285ad3a4 addresses this issue. It is recommended to apply this patch or upgrade to a version of Envoy that includes this fix. Since no official vendor advisory or remediation level is provided, users should monitor Envoy project communications for formal updates.

Description

A weakness has been identified in Envoy up to 1.33.0. Affected is the function params.add of the file source/extensions/filters/http/header_mutation/header_mutation.cc of the component Query Parameter Handler. This manipulation causes injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Patch name: f8f4f1e02fdc64ecd4acf2d903208dd7285ad3a4. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

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