CVE-2023-27491
CRITICAL9.1EPSS 0.01%Envoy forwards invalid Http2/Http3 downstream headers
Published: 3/6/2024Modified: 10/15/2025
Description
Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. Compliant HTTP/1 service should reject malformed request lines. Prior to versions 1.26.0, 1.25.3, 1.24.4, 1.23.6, and 1.22.9, There is a possibility that non compliant HTTP/1 service may allow malformed requests, potentially leading to a bypass of security policies. This issue is fixed in versions 1.26.0, 1.25.3, 1.24.4, 1.23.6, and 1.22.9.
Affected packages (1)
- Bitnami/envoyfrom 0, < 1.22.9, >= 1.23.0, < 1.23.6, >= 1.24.0, < 1.24.4, >= 1.25.0, < 1.25.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
References (5)
- WEBhttps://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9113#section-8.3
- WEBhttps://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9114#section-4.3.1
- WEBhttps://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-5jmv-cw9p-f9rp
- WEBhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27491
- WEBhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110#section-5.6.2