CVE-2026-73550

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.
Configurations

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OR cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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History

05 Oct 2026, 14:07

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Envoyproxy envoy
Envoyproxy
CPE cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/0910997f70e91d2d20c329bb507bfce44ce01f80 - () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/0910997f70e91d2d20c329bb507bfce44ce01f80 - Patch
References () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/1fec994c868df008cdd4ae285aab58a196fd31f2 - () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/1fec994c868df008cdd4ae285aab58a196fd31f2 - Patch
References () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/3fd0ffee7ac87adf3bc6e421656bb96310512300 - () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/3fd0ffee7ac87adf3bc6e421656bb96310512300 - Patch
References () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/fc75d8e35b0d11acbae18b63a0bd96e32e84f61b - () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/fc75d8e35b0d11acbae18b63a0bd96e32e84f61b - Patch
References () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases/tag/v1.36.10 - () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases/tag/v1.36.10 - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases/tag/v1.37.6 - () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases/tag/v1.37.6 - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases/tag/v1.38.4 - () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases/tag/v1.38.4 - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases/tag/v1.39.1 - () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases/tag/v1.39.1 - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-qgf6-qvhw-4hvh - () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-qgf6-qvhw-4hvh - Exploit, Vendor Advisory

28 Sep 2026, 21:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-qgf6-qvhw-4hvh - () https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-qgf6-qvhw-4hvh -

21 Sep 2026, 20:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

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