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CVE-2026-73547: CWE-20: Improper Input Validation in envoyproxy envoy

0
High
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-73547cvecve-2026-73547cwe-20cwe-476
Published: 09/21/2026 (09/21/2026, 19:47:54 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: envoyproxy
Product: envoy

Description

Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. Prior to 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, and 1.39.1, Envoy's ext_authz filter assumes that a request contains a :path pseudoheader when applying query_parameters_to_set or query_parameters_to_remove from an authorization response. A path-less CONNECT request makes request_headers_->Path() return null, and Filter::onComplete dereferences that pointer while parsing the query string. An unauthenticated downstream client can crash the Envoy process when the filter and authorization response use query-parameter mutation. The relevant scope boundary is that the deployment must accept path-less CONNECT and configure ext_authz query-parameter mutation. This issue is fixed in versions 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, and 1.39.1.

CVSS v3.1

Score 7.5high

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected software

envoyproxy

envoy

Affected versions
<1.36.10>=1.37.0 <1.37.6>=1.38.0 <1.38.4>=1.39.0 <1.39.1

Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
GitHub_M
Date Reserved
2026-08-12T20:53:46.379Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 6ab18d4c55bf5e2cf5653f7b

Added to database: 09/21/2026, 20:02:20 UTC

Last updated: 09/21/2026, 20:02:20 UTC

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