Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. Prior to versions 1.35.11, 1.36.7, 1.37.3, and 1.38.1, a vulnerability in Envoy's HTTP/2 downstream request processing allows an unauthenticated remote client to trigger excessive memory consumption, potentially resulting in OOM termination of the Envoy process and denial of service. The issue arises from the combination of two behaviors. First, cookie header bytes are not fully accounted for during request header size validation in Envoy. Second, HPACK header block limits in oghttp2/quiche are enforced on encoded bytes without a corresponding limit on total decoded header size. Together, these behaviors allow a malicious client to cause large decoded header allocations while bypassing the intended request header size protections. Versions 1.35.11, 1.36.7, 1.37.3, and 1.38.1 contain a fix. No complete workaround is known short of applying a fix. Possible temporary mitigations include disabling downstream HTTP/2 where operationally feasible; enforcing stricter request header and cookie limits before traffic reaches Envoy; and monitoring Envoy memory usage for abnormal growth under HTTP/2 traffic.
History

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Description No description is available for this CVE. Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. Prior to versions 1.35.11, 1.36.7, 1.37.3, and 1.38.1, a vulnerability in Envoy's HTTP/2 downstream request processing allows an unauthenticated remote client to trigger excessive memory consumption, potentially resulting in OOM termination of the Envoy process and denial of service. The issue arises from the combination of two behaviors. First, cookie header bytes are not fully accounted for during request header size validation in Envoy. Second, HPACK header block limits in oghttp2/quiche are enforced on encoded bytes without a corresponding limit on total decoded header size. Together, these behaviors allow a malicious client to cause large decoded header allocations while bypassing the intended request header size protections. Versions 1.35.11, 1.36.7, 1.37.3, and 1.38.1 contain a fix. No complete workaround is known short of applying a fix. Possible temporary mitigations include disabling downstream HTTP/2 where operationally feasible; enforcing stricter request header and cookie limits before traffic reaches Envoy; and monitoring Envoy memory usage for abnormal growth under HTTP/2 traffic.
Title envoy: envoy: HTTP/2 Remote Denial of Service via HPACK compression bomb and Slowloris-style attack Envoy vulnerable to HTTP/2 memory exhaustion via cookie header size bypass and HPACK amplification
Weaknesses CWE-405
CWE-770
References
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Envoyproxy
Envoyproxy envoy
Vendors & Products Envoyproxy
Envoyproxy envoy

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Description No description is available for this CVE.
Title envoy: envoy: HTTP/2 Remote Denial of Service via HPACK compression bomb and Slowloris-style attack
Weaknesses CWE-409
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-06-17T16:58:36.541Z

Updated: 2026-06-17T18:01:59.116Z

Reserved: 2026-05-19T22:36:16.882Z

Link: CVE-2026-47774

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-17T17:05:51.998Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-06-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-47774 - Bugzilla