CVE-2021-43824
Null pointer dereference in envoy
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.13%
Description
Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy, designed for cloud-native applications. In affected versions a crafted request crashes Envoy when a CONNECT request is sent to JWT filter configured with regex match. This provides a denial of service attack vector. The only workaround is to not use regex in the JWT filter. Users are advised to upgrade.
How to fix CVE-2021-43824
To remediate CVE-2021-43824, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.18.6 or later
Is CVE-2021-43824 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.18.6, >= 1.19.0, < 1.19.3, >= 1.20.0, < 1.20.2, >= 1.21.0, < 1.21.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |