Potential manipulate `x-envoy` headers from external sources in envoy
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
Envoy is a cloud-native high-performance edge/middle/service proxy. A security vulnerability in Envoy allows external clients to manipulate Envoy headers, potentially leading to unauthorized access or other malicious actions within the mesh. This issue arises due to Envoy's default configuration of internal trust boundaries, which considers all RFC1918 private address ranges as internal. The default behavior for handling internal addresses in Envoy has been changed. Previously, RFC1918 IP addresses were automatically considered internal, even if the internal_address_config was empty. The default configuration of Envoy will continue to trust internal addresses while in this release and it will not trust them by default in next release. If you have tooling such as probes on your private network which need to be treated as trusted (e.g. changing arbitrary x-envoy headers) please explicitly include those addresses or CIDR ranges into `internal_address_config`. Successful exploitation could allow attackers to bypass security controls, access sensitive data, or disrupt services within the mesh, like Istio. This issue has been addressed in versions 1.31.2, 1.30.6, 1.29.9, and 1.28.7. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| envoyproxy | envoy | 1.31.0 to before 1.31.2; 1.30.0 to before 1.30.6; 1.29.0 to before 1.29.9; before 1.28.7 | 1.31.2, 1.30.6, 1.29.9, 1.28.7 | Patch available | CNA |
- envoy Vendorenvoyproxy Affected 1.31.0 to before 1.31.2; 1.30.0 to before 1.30.6; 1.29.0 to before 1.29.9; before 1.28.7 Fixed in 1.31.2, 1.30.6, 1.29.9, 1.28.7 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.28.7; 1.29.0 to before 1.29.9; 1.30.0 to before 1.30.6; 1.31.0 to before 1.31.2 | Vulnerable | envoyproxy |
- cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.28.7; 1.29.0 to before 1.29.9; 1.30.0 to before 1.30.6; 1.31.0 to before 1.31.2 Vulnerable ·envoyproxy
Remediation
- Fix · CNA envoy (envoyproxy) Fixed in 1.31.2, 1.30.6, 1.29.9, 1.28.7
Red Hat 2 advisories
- RHSA-2024:7725 Released 2024-10-07 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenShift Service Mesh Containers for 2.5.5
- RHOSSM 2.5 for RHEL 8 openshift-service-mesh/grafana-rhel8, openshift-service-mesh/istio-cni-rhel8, openshift-service-mesh/istio-must-gather-rhel8 +5
- RHSA-2024:7726 Released 2024-10-07 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenShift Service Mesh Containers for 2.6.2
- RHOSSM 2.6 for RHEL 8 openshift-service-mesh/grafana-rhel8, openshift-service-mesh/istio-cni-rhel8, openshift-service-mesh/istio-must-gather-rhel8 +6
- RHOSSM 2.6 for RHEL 9 openshift-service-mesh/proxyv2-rhel9
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| RHOSSM 2.5 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:7725 |
| RHOSSM 2.6 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:7726 |
| RHOSSM 2.6 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:7726 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-45806
References
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Sources
- CVE-2024-45806 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-45806 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2024-45806 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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