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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2023-35942 json

Envoy's gRPC access log crash caused by the listener draining

published 2023-07-25 3 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-envoy-2023-35942 , EUVD-2023-39926 , GHSA-69vr-g55c-v2v4

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. Prior to versions 1.27.0, 1.26.4, 1.25.9, 1.24.10, and 1.23.12, gRPC access loggers using listener's global scope can cause a `use-after-free` crash when the listener is drained. Versions 1.27.0, 1.26.4, 1.25.9, 1.24.10, and 1.23.12 have a fix for this issue. As a workaround, disable gRPC access log or stop listener update.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami envoy 1.23.12, 1.24.10, 1.25.9, 1.26.4
  • envoyproxy envoy 1.23.12, 1.24.10, 1.25.9, 1.26.4

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-35942 updated cvss 6.5

envoy: gRPC access log crash caused by the listener draining

  • Red Hat RHOSSM 2.3 for RHEL 8 openshift-service-mesh/proxyv2-rhel8 2.3.6-4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4624
  • Red Hat RHOSSM 2.4 for RHEL 8 openshift-service-mesh/proxyv2-rhel8 2.4.3-7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:5174
  • Red Hat RHOSSM 2.3 for RHEL 8 openshift-service-mesh/pilot-rhel8 2.3.6-2, openshift-service-mesh/grafana-rhel8 2.3.6-1, openshift-service-mesh/istio-cni-rhel8 2.3.6-2, openshift-service-mesh/ratelimit-rhel8 2.3.6-1, openshift-service-mesh/prometheus-rhel8 2.3.6-1, openshift-service-mesh/istio-must-gather-rhel8 2.3.6-2 Red Hat RHOSSM 2.4 for RHEL 8 openshift-service-mesh/pilot-rhel8 2.4.3-9, openshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel8 1.65.8-1, openshift-service-mesh/grafana-rhel8 2.4.3-2, openshift-service-mesh/istio-cni-rhel8 2.4.3-9, openshift-service-mesh/ratelimit-rhel8 2.4.3-2, openshift-service-mesh/istio-rhel8-operator 2.4.3-13, +2 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-69vr-g55c-v2v4 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami envoy
>=1.23.0, <1.23.12
>=1.24.0, <1.24.10
>=1.25.0, <1.25.9
>=1.26.0, <1.26.4
1.23.12
1.24.10
1.25.9
1.26.4

Affected products

  • envoyproxy envoy

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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