CVE-2026-73548
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 forwards data for a configured non-WebSocket HTTP upgrade before the upstream accepts the upgrade. An unauthenticated HTTP/2 client can place a complete HTTP/1.1 request in extended CONNECT data; Envoy downgrades the request, writes the data unframed to a keep-alive HTTP/1.1 upstream, and returns the socket to the shared pool while the smuggled response remains queued. A different downstream client can then receive the attacker's response. The relevant scope boundary is that webSocket upgrades, plain CONNECT, disabled backend keep-alive, per-downstream pools, and max_requests_per_connection set to 1 are not affected by the demonstrated path. 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 <v1.36.10Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.36.10https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.37.0 <v1.37.6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.37.6https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.38.0 <v1.38.4Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.38.4https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) =v1.39.0 <v1.39.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.39.1Related Resources (9)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')