# CVE-2026-26311: Envoy HTTP: filter chain execution on reset streams causing UAF crash

- Also known as: GHSA-84XM-R438-86PX, BIT-ENVOY-2026-26311
- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.37.1, 1.36.5, 1.35.9, 1.34.13
- Published: 2026-03-10 · Updated: 2026-03-10

## Affected

- envoyproxy envoy: from 1.37.0, fixed in 1.37.1; from 1.36.0, fixed in 1.36.5; from 1.35.0, fixed in 1.35.9; fixed in 1.34.13
- github.com/envoyproxy/envoy (Go): 1.37.0
- github.com/envoyproxy/envoy (Go): from 1.36.0, through 1.36.4
- github.com/envoyproxy/envoy (Go): from 1.35.0, through 1.35.8
- github.com/envoyproxy/envoy (Go): through 1.34.12

## Description

Envoy is a high-performance edge/middle/service proxy. Prior to 1.37.1, 1.36.5, 1.35.8, and 1.34.13, a logic vulnerability in Envoy's HTTP connection manager (FilterManager) that allows for Zombie Stream Filter Execution. This issue creates a "Use-After-Free" (UAF) or state-corruption window where filter callbacks are invoked on an HTTP stream that has already been logically reset and cleaned up. The vulnerability resides in source/common/http/filter_manager.cc within the FilterManager::decodeData method. The ActiveStream object remains valid in memory during the deferred deletion window. If a DATA frame arrives on this stream immediately after the reset (e.g., in the same packet processing cycle), the HTTP/2 codec invokes ActiveStream::decodeData, which cascades to FilterManager::decodeData. FilterManager::decodeData fails to check the saw_downstream_reset_ flag. It iterates over the decoder_filters_ list and invokes decodeData() on filters that have already received onDestroy(). This vulnerability is fixed in 1.37.1, 1.36.5, 1.35.8, and 1.34.13.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on envoyproxy envoy, github.com/envoyproxy/envoy, upgrade to a fixed version (1.37.1, 1.36.5, 1.35.9, 1.34.13) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-84xm-r438-86px

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