# CVE-2025-46821: Envoy vulnerable to bypass of RBAC uri\_template permission

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.31.8, 1.32.6, 1.33.3, 1.34.1
- Published: 2025-05-07 · Updated: 2025-05-08

## Affected

- envoyproxy envoy: fixed in 1.31.8; from 1.32.0, fixed in 1.32.6; from 1.33.0, fixed in 1.33.3; from 1.34.0, fixed in 1.34.1

## Description

Envoy is a cloud-native edge/middle/service proxy. Prior to versions 1.34.1, 1.33.3, 1.32.6, and 1.31.8, Envoy's URI template matcher incorrectly excludes the `*` character from a set of valid characters in the URI path. As a result URI path containing the `*` character will not match a URI template expressions. This can result in bypass of RBAC rules when configured using the `uri_template` permissions. This vulnerability is fixed in Envoy versions v1.34.1, v1.33.3, v1.32.6, v1.31.8. As a workaround, configure additional RBAC permissions using `url_path` with `safe_regex` expression.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on envoyproxy envoy, upgrade to a fixed version (1.31.8, 1.32.6, 1.33.3, 1.34.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-c7cm-838g-6g67

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