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TI-2020-06941 Aliases CVE-2020-8661

CNCF Envoy through 1.13.0 may consume excessive amounts of memory when responding internally to pipelined requests.

Priority LOW 37CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

CNCF Envoy through 1.13.0 may consume excessive amounts of memory when responding internally to pipelined requests.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01869 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.13.0Vulnerableenvoyproxy
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_service_mesh:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.9VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.13.0 Vulnerable ·envoyproxy
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_service_mesh:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.9 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2020:0734 Released 2020-03-05 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 1.0.9 servicemesh-proxy security update
    • OpenShift Service Mesh 1.0 servicemesh-proxy-1.0.9-2.el8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
OpenShift Service Mesh 1.0Fixed RHSA-2020:0734

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-8661

References

Advisory 3

Sources

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