# CVE-2019-9901: Envoy 1.9.0 and before does not normalize HTTP URL paths.

- Also known as: GHSA-2WMF-P7F8-W42H, GHSA-XCX5-93PW-JW2W
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AC:H/AV:N/A:L/C:L/I:L/PR:N/S:C/UI:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.9.1
- Published: 2019-04-25 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- github.com/envoyproxy/envoy (Go): fixed in 1.9.1

## Description

Envoy 1.9.0 and before does not normalize HTTP URL paths. A remote attacker may craft a relative path, e.g., something/../admin, to bypass access control, e.g., a block on /admin. A backend server could then interpret the non-normalized path and provide an attacker access beyond the scope provided for by the access control policy.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, github.com/envoyproxy/envoy, upgrade to a fixed version (1.9.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/v1.9.1/intro/version_history
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/issues/6435
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/envoy-announce/VoHfnDqZiAM
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-xcx5-93pw-jw2w

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