Contour: Lua code injection via Cookie Path Rewrite Policy

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-41246
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGitHub_M
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-04-23 19:17:29 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 19:17:29 UTC
DescriptionContour is a Kubernetes ingress controller using Envoy proxy. From v1.19.0 to before v1.33.4, v1.32.5, and v1.31.6, Contour's Cookie Rewriting feature is vulnerable to Lua code injection. An attacker with RBAC permissions to create or modify HTTPProxy resources can craft a malicious value in spec.routes[].cookieRewritePolicies[].pathRewrite.value or spec.routes[].services[].cookieRewritePolicies[].pathRewrite.value that results in arbitrary code execution in the Envoy proxy. The cookie rewriting feature is internally implemented using Envoy's HTTP Lua filter. User-controlled values are interpolated into Lua source code using Go text/template without sufficient sanitization. The injected code only executes when processing traffic on the attacker's own route, which they already control. However, since Envoy runs as shared infrastructure, the injected code can also read Envoy's xDS client credentials from the filesystem or cause denial of service for other tenants sharing the Envoy instance. This vulnerability is fixed in v1.33.4, v1.32.5, and v1.31.6.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.1 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-94 | CWE-94 CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary8.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED8.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Projectcontour Contour affected >= 1.33.0, < 1.33.4 Not specified
CNA Projectcontour Contour affected >= 1.32.0, < 1.32.5 Not specified
CNA Projectcontour Contour affected >= 1.19.0, < 1.31.6 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/projectcontour/contour/releases/tag/v1.32.5 [email protected] github.com
github.com/projectcontour/contour/security/advisories/GHSA-x4mj-7f9g-29h4 [email protected] github.com
github.com/projectcontour/contour/releases/tag/v1.33.4 [email protected] github.com
github.com/projectcontour/contour/releases/tag/v1.31.6 [email protected] github.com
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