CVE-2019-18836

HIGH

Envoy 1.12.0 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Envoy 1.12.0 allows a remote denial of service because of resource loops, as demonstrated by a single idle TCP connection being able to keep a worker thread in an infinite busy loop when continue_on_listener_filters_timeout is used."

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://blog.envoyproxy.io
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-3xvf-4396-cj46
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/18229

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 35.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-835
Status published
Products (2)
envoyproxy/envoy 1.12.0
istio/istio 1.3.0 - 1.3.3
Published Nov 11, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026