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TI-2026-35859 Aliases CVE-2026-48497

Envoy: Abnormal process termination in DNS UDP filter

Priority LOW 33CWE-480Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. Prior to 1.35.11, 1.36.7, 1.37.3, and 1.38.1, in cases where UDP DNS filter is configured with local resolution containing a name with the length of 255 octets or remote resolution for a name of 255 octets long can complete successfully, a query with such name will result in abnormal process termination. The abnormal process termination is triggered by an invalid runtime precondition that the query name is strictly less than 255 octets, contradicting DNS specification rfc1035#section-2.3.4 that the name can be 255 or less octets. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.35.11, 1.36.7, 1.37.3, and 1.38.1.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00405 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed envoy (envoyproxy): 1.38.1, 1.37.3, 1.36.7 +1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
envoyproxyenvoy1.38.0 to before 1.38.1; 1.37.0 to before 1.37.3; 1.36.0 to before 1.36.7; before 1.35.111.38.1, 1.37.3, 1.36.7, 1.35.11Patch availableCNA
  • envoy Vendorenvoyproxy Affected 1.38.0 to before 1.38.1; 1.37.0 to before 1.37.3; 1.36.0 to before 1.36.7; before 1.35.11 Fixed in 1.38.1, 1.37.3, 1.36.7, 1.35.11 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.35.13; 1.36.0 to before 1.36.9; 1.37.0 to before 1.37.5; 1.38.0 to before 1.38.3Vulnerableenvoyproxy
  • cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.35.13; 1.36.0 to before 1.36.9; 1.37.0 to before 1.37.5; 1.38.0 to before 1.38.3 Vulnerable ·envoyproxy

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA envoy (envoyproxy) Fixed in 1.38.1, 1.37.3, 1.36.7, 1.35.11

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-48497

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2026-79288 Out-of-bounds write in Google Brotli decoder KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-20001 HTTP/2: CPU exhaustion due to CONTINUATION frame flood CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-18524 HTTP/2: memory exhaustion due to CONTINUATION frame flood CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-12215 Envoy client may fake the header `x-envoy-original-path` CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2023-18002 Envoy vulnerable to OAuth2 credentials exploit with permanent validity CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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