Low severity3.7NVD Advisory· Published Jul 9, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-36371
CVE-2021-36371
Description
Emissary-Ingress (formerly Ambassador API Gateway) through 1.13.9 allows attackers to bypass client certificate requirements (i.e., mTLS cert_required) on backend upstreams when more than one TLSContext is defined and at least one configuration exists that does not require client certificate authentication. The attacker must send an SNI specifying an unprotected backend and an HTTP Host header specifying a protected backend. (2.x versions are unaffected. 1.x versions are unaffected with certain configuration settings involving prune_unreachable_routes and a wildcard Host resource.)
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:a:getambassador:emissary-ingress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=1.13.9
- Emissary-Ingress/Ambassador API Gatewaydescription
- Range: <=1.13.9
Patches
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References
2- github.com/emissary-ingress/emissary/issues/3340nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- github.com/emissary-ingress/emissary/releases/tag/v2.0.0-eanvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
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