# CVE-2025-30157: Envoy crashes when HTTP ext\_proc processes local replies

- Also known as: GHSA-CF3Q-GQG7-3FM9, BIT-ENVOY-2025-30157
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.33.1, 1.32.4, 1.31.6, 1.30.10
- Published: 2025-03-21 · Updated: 2025-03-21

## Affected

- envoyproxy envoy: from 1.33.0, fixed in 1.33.1; from 1.32.0, fixed in 1.32.4; from 1.31.0, fixed in 1.31.6; fixed in 1.30.10
- github.com/envoyproxy/envoy (Go): fixed in 1.30.10
- github.com/envoyproxy/envoy (Go): from 1.31.0, fixed in 1.31.6
- github.com/envoyproxy/envoy (Go): from 1.32.0, fixed in 1.32.4
- github.com/envoyproxy/envoy (Go): from 1.33.0, fixed in 1.33.1

## Description

Envoy is a cloud-native high-performance edge/middle/service proxy. Prior to 1.33.1, 1.32.4, 1.31.6, and 1.30.10, Envoy's ext_proc HTTP filter is at risk of crashing if a local reply is sent to the external server due to the filter's life time issue. A known situation is the failure of a websocket handshake will trigger a local reply leading to the crash of Envoy. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.33.1, 1.32.4, 1.31.6, and 1.30.10.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on envoyproxy envoy, github.com/envoyproxy/envoy, upgrade to a fixed version (1.33.1, 1.32.4, 1.31.6, 1.30.10) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-cf3q-gqg7-3fm9
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/8eda1b8ef5ba8663d16a737ab99458c039a9b53c

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