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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 4, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-8659

CVE-2020-8659

Description

CNCF Envoy through 1.13.0 may consume excessive amounts of memory when proxying HTTP/1.1 requests or responses with many small (i.e. 1 byte) chunks.

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Affected products

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CNCF/Envoy
cpe:2.3:a:cncf:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=1.13.0
Red Hat/OpenShift ServiceMesh (maistra)
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_service_mesh:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Debian/linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CNCF/Envoydescription
Envoyproxy/Envoyllm-fuzzy
Range: <=1.13.0

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References

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access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0734nvdThird Party Advisory
github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-jwcm-4pwp-c2qvnvdThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00025.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/v1.13.1/intro/version_historynvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory

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