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CVE-2024-23325

Envoy crashes when using an address type that isn’t supported by the OS

Severity
High 7.5
Published
9 Feb 2024
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
1.26.7, 1.27.3, 1.28.1, 1.29.1
Also known as
GHSA-5m7c-mrwr-pm26
Sources
NVD, Project advisories (GitHub)

Description

Envoy is a high-performance edge/middle/service proxy. Envoy crashes in Proxy protocol when using an address type that isn’t supported by the OS. Envoy is susceptible to crashing on a host with IPv6 disabled and a listener config with proxy protocol enabled when it receives a request where the client presents its IPv6 address. It is valid for a client to present its IPv6 address to a target…

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
EnvoyServers and applications · cpe:a:envoyproxy:envoy
  • From 1.26.0 before 1.26.7
  • From 1.27.0 before 1.27.3
  • From 1.28.0 before 1.28.1
  • From 1.29.0 before 1.29.1
EnvoyServers and applications · github:envoyproxy/envoy
  • Every version before 1.26.7

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23325
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23325
  • GitHub Advisory Database https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5m7c-mrwr-pm26
  • github.com https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-5m7c-mrwr-pm26