CVE-2019-15226

envoy: crafted request allows remote attacker to cause denial of service

Published Oct 9, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 64.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 12:42 AM
Reserved
Aug 19, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 9, 2019, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:19 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 8, 2019, 12:00 AM