CVE-2024-39305 — Envoy is a cloud-native, open source edge and service proxy

Envoy is a cloud-native, open source edge and service proxy. Prior to versions 1.30.4, 1.29.7, 1.28.5, and 1.27.7. Envoy references already freed memory when route hash policy is configured with cookie attributes. Note that this vulnerability has been fixed in the open as the eff

01What is this vulnerability?

Envoy is a cloud-native, open source edge and service proxy. Prior to versions 1.30.4, 1.29.7, 1.28.5, and 1.27.7. Envoy references already freed memory when route hash policy is configured with cookie attributes. Note that this vulnerability has been fixed in the open as the effect would be immediately apparent if it was configured. Memory allocated for holding attribute values is freed after…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
envoyproxy	envoy	>= 1.30.0, < 1.30.4, >= 1.29.0, < 1.29.7, >= 1.28.0, < 1.28.5, < 1.27.7

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-07-01T21:10:23.566Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T04:19:20.740Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-fp35-g349-h66f
• github.com — https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/02a06681fbe0e039b1c7a9215257a7537eddb…
• github.com — https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/50b384cb203a1f2894324cbae64b6d9bc44cc…
• github.com — https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/99b6e525fb9f6f6f19a0425f779bc776f121c…
• github.com — https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/b7f509607ad860fd6a63cde4f7d6f0197f9f6…