# CVE-2025-64763: Envoy forwards early CONNECT data in TCP proxy mode

- Also known as: GHSA-RJ35-4M94-77JH, BIT-ENVOY-2025-64763
- Severity: CVSS 3.7 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.36.3, 1.35.7, 1.34.11, 1.33.13
- Published: 2025-12-03 · Updated: 2025-12-03

## Affected

- envoyproxy envoy: from 1.36.0, through 1.36.2; from 1.35.0, through 1.35.6; from 1.34.0, through 1.34.10; through 1.33.12
- github.com/envoyproxy/envoy (Go): from 1.36.0, fixed in 1.36.3
- github.com/envoyproxy/envoy (Go): from 1.35.0, fixed in 1.35.7
- github.com/envoyproxy/envoy (Go): from 1.34.0, fixed in 1.34.11
- github.com/envoyproxy/envoy (Go): fixed in 1.33.13

## Description

Envoy is a high-performance edge/middle/service proxy. In 1.33.12, 1.34.10, 1.35.6, 1.36.2, and earlier, when Envoy is configured in TCP proxy mode to handle CONNECT requests, it accepts client data before issuing a 2xx response and forwards that data to the upstream TCP connection. If a forwarding proxy upstream from Envoy then responds with a non-2xx status, this can cause a de-synchronized CONNECT tunnel state. By default Envoy continues to allow early CONNECT data to avoid disrupting existing deployments. The envoy.reloadable_features.reject_early_connect_data runtime flag can be set to reject CONNECT requests that send data before a 2xx response when intermediaries upstream from Envoy may reject establishment of a CONNECT tunnel.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on envoyproxy envoy, github.com/envoyproxy/envoy, upgrade to a fixed version (1.36.3, 1.35.7, 1.34.11, 1.33.13) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-rj35-4m94-77jh

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