CVE-2019-15226
What it is
Upon receiving each incoming request header data, Envoy will iterate over existing request headers to verify that the total size of the headers stays below a maximum limit. The implementation in versions 1.10.0 through 1.11.1 for HTTP/1.x traffic and all versions of Envoy for HTTP/2 traffic had O(n^2) performance characteristics. A remote attacker may craft a request that stays below the maximum request header size but consists of many thousands of small headers to consume CPU and result in a denial-of-service attack.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 64.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS). Higher than most.
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 64.5% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.5 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 64.5% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-400 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Envoyproxy Envoy 1.0.0
- Envoyproxy Envoy 1.1.0
- Envoyproxy Envoy 1.2.0
- Envoyproxy Envoy 1.3.0
- Envoyproxy Envoy 1.4.0
- Envoyproxy Envoy 1.5.0
- Envoyproxy Envoy 1.6.0
- Envoyproxy Envoy 1.7.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/afc39bea36fd436e54262f150c009e8d72db5014
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/afc39bea36fd436e54262f150c009e8d72db5014
References
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/afc39bea36fd436e54262f150c009e8d72db5014
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commits/master
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/issues/8520
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/afc39bea36fd436e54262f150c009e8d72db5014
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commits/master
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/issues/8520