# CVE-2024-32475: Envoy RELEASE\_ASSERT using auto\_sni with :authority header \> 255 bytes

- 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=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 11.30.1, 1.29.4, 1.28.3, 1.27.5
- Published: 2024-04-18 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- envoyproxy envoy: from 1.30.0, fixed in 11.30.1; from 1.29.0, fixed in 1.29.4; from 1.28.0, fixed in 1.28.3; from 1.13.0, fixed in 1.27.5

## Description

Envoy is a cloud-native, open source edge and service proxy. When an upstream TLS cluster is used with `auto_sni` enabled, a request containing a `host`/`:authority` header longer than 255 characters triggers an abnormal termination of Envoy process. Envoy does not gracefully handle an error when setting SNI for outbound TLS connection. The error can occur when Envoy attempts to use the `host`/`:authority` header value longer than 255 characters as SNI for outbound TLS connection. SNI length is limited to 255 characters per the standard. Envoy always expects this operation to succeed and abnormally aborts the process when it fails. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.30.1, 1.29.4, 1.28.3, and 1.27.5.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on envoyproxy envoy, upgrade to a fixed version (11.30.1, 1.29.4, 1.28.3, 1.27.5) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-3mh5-6q8v-25wj
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/b47fc6648d7c2dfe0093a601d44cb704b7bad382

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