# CVE-2024-23322: Envoy crashes when idle and request per try timeout occur within the backoff interval

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.29.1, 1.28.1, 1.27.3, 1.26.7
- Published: 2024-02-09 · Updated: 2024-08-01

## Affected

- envoyproxy envoy: from 1.29.0, fixed in 1.29.1; from 1.28.0, fixed in 1.28.1; from 1.27.0, fixed in 1.27.3; fixed in 1.26.7

## Description

Envoy is a high-performance edge/middle/service proxy. Envoy will crash when certain timeouts happen within the same interval. The crash occurs when the following are true: 1. hedge_on_per_try_timeout is enabled, 2. per_try_idle_timeout is enabled (it can only be done in configuration), 3. per-try-timeout is enabled, either through headers or configuration and its value is equal, or within the backoff interval of the per_try_idle_timeout. This issue has been addressed in released 1.29.1, 1.28.1, 1.27.3, and 1.26.7. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on envoyproxy envoy, upgrade to a fixed version (1.29.1, 1.28.1, 1.27.3, 1.26.7) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-6p83-mfmh-qv38
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/843f9e6a123ed47ce139b421c14e7126f2ac685e

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