CVE-2026-73551
Description
Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. Prior to 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, and 1.39.1, Envoy's URL normalization does not recognize dot and dotdot path segments when they carry semicolon parameters. A request such as /user/..;foo=bar/admin is therefore not canonicalized to /admin even when path normalization is enabled. If an upstream interprets the segment according to RFC 3986 while Envoy applies routing or RBAC to the uncollapsed path, a remote client can cause path confusion and bypass path-based security policy. The relevant scope boundary is that the security consequence depends on a downstream/upstream path interpretation mismatch or a path-based Envoy decision. This issue is fixed in versions 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, and 1.39.1.
Affected products
3- Range: before 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, and 1.39.1
- osv-coords2 versions
< 1.36.10+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.36.10
- (no CPE)range: < 1.30.4-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/28b6d60a6d96edeece121cac5be701eb46cc7f24nvdPatch
- github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/d40a68b0a30a003c4e0a9fd3af637f828b52c37bnvdPatch
- github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/e9d6c329f9a3ff19432bf39b60c601df7e3eda33nvdPatch
- github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/f74d1107c4f5c9679b66f7a03a6c5b75ddde1989nvdPatch
- github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-2w8w-rfw7-8gg4nvdVendor Advisory
- github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases/tag/v1.36.10nvdRelease Notes
- github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases/tag/v1.37.6nvdRelease Notes
- github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases/tag/v1.38.4nvdRelease Notes
- github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases/tag/v1.39.1nvdRelease Notes
News mentions
1- Envoyproxy: Eleven Vulnerabilities Disclosed Together, Including High Severity Path Matching FlawsVypr Intelligence · Sep 21, 2026