Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. Prior to 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, and 1.39.1, Envoy copies every decoded HTTP/2 Host header value before discarding it when :authority is already present. The discarded value bypasses saveHeader, so its bytes and count are not charged against request header limits. An unauthenticated client can use HPACK indexing to submit many references to a large Host value across a bounded number of streams, forcing extreme header-copy allocation and causing the proxy to be out-of-memory killed. The relevant scope boundary is that the demonstrated amplification uses HTTP/2 HPACK and the duplicate Host discard behavior. This issue is fixed in versions 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, and 1.39.1.
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History
05 Oct 2026, 14:07
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| References | () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/0910997f70e91d2d20c329bb507bfce44ce01f80 - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/1fec994c868df008cdd4ae285aab58a196fd31f2 - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/3fd0ffee7ac87adf3bc6e421656bb96310512300 - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/fc75d8e35b0d11acbae18b63a0bd96e32e84f61b - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases/tag/v1.36.10 - Release Notes | |
| References | () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases/tag/v1.37.6 - Release Notes | |
| References | () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases/tag/v1.38.4 - Release Notes | |
| References | () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases/tag/v1.39.1 - Release Notes | |
| References | () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-qgf6-qvhw-4hvh - Exploit, Vendor Advisory |
28 Sep 2026, 21:17
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| References | () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-qgf6-qvhw-4hvh - |
21 Sep 2026, 20:17
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Information
Published : 2026-09-21 20:17
Updated : 2026-10-05 14:07
NVD link : CVE-2026-73550
Mitre link : CVE-2026-73550
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-73550
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Products Affected
envoyproxy
- envoy
CWE
CWE-401
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
