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CVE-2026-73550
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 copies every decoded HTTP/2 Host header value before discarding it when :authority is already present. The discarded value bypasses saveHeader, so its bytes and count are not charged against request header limits. An unauthenticated client can use HPACK indexing to submit many references to a large Host value across a bounded number of streams, forcing extreme header-copy allocation and causing the proxy to be out-of-memory killed. The relevant scope boundary is that the demonstrated amplification uses HTTP/2 HPACK and the duplicate Host discard behavior. 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) >=v1.37.0 <v1.37.6
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.37.6
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) >=v1.36.0 <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
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
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:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime