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CVE-2026-48521
Published:September 21, 2026
Updated:September 22, 2026
Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. Prior to 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, and 1.39.1, Envoy's ProdClusterManagerFactory::allocateConnPool dereferences transport_socket_options while selecting an HTTP/3 connection pool without first checking whether the pointer is null. LoadBalancerContext implementations used by synthetic, mirror, health-check, and async-client calls can return no transport-socket options. With auto_config and HTTP/3 enabled, routine traffic reaching one of those contexts can crash an Envoy worker. The relevant scope boundary is that the affected branch requires HTTP/3 in the protocol set and a context that supplies no transport-socket options. This issue is fixed in versions 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, and 1.39.1.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.36.0 <v1.36.10
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.36.10
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) =v1.39.0 <v1.39.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.39.1
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.38.0 <v1.38.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.38.4
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.37.0 <v1.37.6
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.37.6
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
NULL Pointer Dereference