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Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

CVE-2024-45808

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

Envoy is a cloud-native high-performance edge/middle/service proxy. A vulnerability has been identified in Envoy that allows malicious attackers to inject unexpected content into access logs. This is achieved by exploiting the lack of validation for the `REQUESTED_SERVER_NAME` field for access loggers. This vulnerability affects github.com/envoyproxy/envoy package versions prior to 1.28.7, 1.29.x prior to 1.29.9, 1.30.x prior to 1.30.6, 1.31.x prior to 1.31.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
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CWE-116 - Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

The software prepares a structured message for communication with another component, but encoding or escaping of the data is either missing or done incorrectly. As a result, the intended structure of the message is not preserved.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published