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CVE-2023-27493

Envoy doesn't escape HTTP header values

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.25.3, 1.24.4, 1.23.6, 1.22.9
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. Prior to versions 1.26.0, 1.25.3, 1.24.4, 1.23.6, and 1.22.9, Envoy does not sanitize or escape request properties when generating request headers. This can lead to characters that are illegal in header values to be sent to the upstream service. In the worst case, it can cause upstream service to interpret the original request as two pipelined requests, possibly bypassing the intent of Envoy’s security policy. Versions 1.26.0, 1.25.3, 1.24.4, 1.23.6, and 1.22.9 contain a patch. As a workaround, disable adding request headers based on the downstream request properties, such as downstream certificate properties.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • envoyproxy envoy

    From 1.25.0 · fixed in 1.25.3; From 1.24.0 · fixed in 1.24.4; From 1.23.0 · fixed in 1.23.6; fixed in 1.22.9

References 1

GitHub · envoyproxy/envoy