CVE-2023-27492

MEDIUM

Envoy < 1.22.9 - Denial of Service via Lua Filter Large Request Body

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. Prior to versions 1.26.0, 1.25.3, 1.24.4, 1.23.6, and 1.22.9, the Lua filter is vulnerable to denial of service. Attackers can send large request bodies for routes that have Lua filter enabled and trigger crashes. As of versions versions 1.26.0, 1.25.3, 1.24.4, 1.23.6, and 1.22.9, Envoy no longer invokes the Lua coroutine if the filter has been reset. As a workaround for those whose Lua filter is buffering all requests/ responses, mitigate by using the buffer filter to avoid triggering the local reply in the Lua filter.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 4.8
EPSS 0.0069
EPSS Percentile 47.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-770
Status published
Products (1)
envoyproxy/envoy < 1.22.9
Published Apr 04, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026