CVE-2026-48743

HIGH

Envoy: HTTP/3 to HTTP/1 request smuggling via headers-only request with nonzero Content-Length

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. Prior to 1.35.11, 1.36.7, 1.37.3, and 1.38.1, Envoy can translate a downstream HTTP/3 request that is complete at the transport layer (HEADERS with FIN / headers-only close) but still carries a nonzero Content-Length into a complete upstream HTTP/1 request with unresolved body debt. In an HTTP/1 upstream deployment where the origin replies before reading the declared body and keeps the connection reusable, the beginning of the next Envoy-generated upstream request can be consumed as the first request's body. The remaining bytes are then parsed by the origin as a new HTTP/1 request. This was reproduced as a route-bypass/desync: direct /pwn was denied by Envoy, but the second downstream H3 stream received the response for backend-parsed GET /pwn HTTP/1.1. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.35.11, 1.36.7, 1.37.3, and 1.38.1.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 12.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-444
Status published
Products (5)
envoyproxy/envoy 1.35.0 - 1.35.13
envoyproxy/envoy >= 1.35.0, < 1.35.11
envoyproxy/envoy >= 1.36.0, < 1.36.7
envoyproxy/envoy >= 1.37.0, < 1.37.3
envoyproxy/envoy >= 1.38.0, < 1.38.1
Published Jun 26, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 26, 2026