Envoy Gateway is an open source project for managing Envoy Proxy as a standalone or Kubernetes-based application gateway. Prior to 1.7.4 and 1.8.1, an HTTPRoute can use an extension-managed custom backendRef to reference a backend resource in another namespace without a matching Gateway API ReferenceGrant in the target namespace. The custom-backend branch in internal/gatewayapi/route.go omits validateBackendNamespace, allowing the route-owning namespace to bind to and use the resource without the backend namespace owner's consent and violating the Gateway API cross-namespace authorization model. This issue is fixed in versions 1.7.4 and 1.8.1.
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Published : 2026-09-14 21:17
Updated : 2026-09-15 14:16
NVD link : CVE-2026-53718
Mitre link : CVE-2026-53718
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-53718
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CWE
CWE-862
Missing Authorization
