High severity · published Apr 4, 2023
CVE-2023-27496
Envoy may crash when a redirect url without a state param is received in the oauth filter
7.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. Prior to versions 1.26.0, 1.25.3, 1.24.4, 1.23.6, and 1.22.9, the OAuth filter assumes that a `state` query param is present on any response that looks like an OAuth redirect response. Sending it a request with the URI path equivalent to the redirect path, without the `state` parameter, will lead to abnormal termination of Envoy process. Versions 1.26.0, 1.25.3, 1.24.4, 1.23.6, and 1.22.9 contain a patch. The issue can also be mitigated by locking down OAuth traffic, disabling the filter, or by filtering traffic before it reaches the OAuth filter (e.g. via a lua script).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EN
envoy · envoyproxy
>= 1.25.0, < 1.25.3; >= 1.24.0, < 1.24.4; >= 1.23.0, < 1.23.6; < 1.22.9 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27496
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-27496
Exploit
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-j79q-2g66-2xv5
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