Envoy Gateway: Wasm cache ServeHTTP reads mappingPath2Cache without lock
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2026-53715 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | GitHub_M |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2026-09-14 21:17:12 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-09-15 15:17:17 UTC |
| Description | Envoy Gateway is an open source project for managing Envoy Proxy as a standalone or Kubernetes-based application gateway. Prior to 1.7.4 and 1.8.1, HTTPServer.ServeHTTP in internal/wasm/httpserver.go reads the plain mappingPath2Cache map without synchronization while HTTPServer.Get writes the same map during EnvoyExtensionPolicy translation. An attacker with pod-network access to unauthenticated port 18002 and tenant permission to churn policies with distinct Wasm URLs can flood GET requests until a per-request reader overlaps a writer. Go's concurrent map read and write detection invokes runtime.throw, which the net/http connection recovery cannot catch, terminating the controller process and causing a timing-dependent, cross-tenant control-plane denial of service until Kubernetes restarts the pod. This issue is fixed in versions 1.7.4 and 1.8.1. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.003570000 probability, percentile 0.291470000 (date 2026-09-15)
Problem Types: CWE-362 | CWE-362 CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
| Version | Source | Type | Score | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | [email protected] | Secondary | 5.3 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| 3.1 | CNA | DECLARED | 5.3 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
CVSS v3.1 Breakdown
Attack Vector
NetworkAttack Complexity
HighPrivileges Required
LowUser Interaction
NoneScope
UnchangedConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Vendor Declared Affected Products
| Source | Vendor | Product | Version | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | Envoyproxy | Gateway | affected < 1.7.4 | Not specified |
| CNA | Envoyproxy | Gateway | affected >= 1.8.0-rc.0, < 1.8.1 | Not specified |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/security/advisories/GHSA-8fv2-88gg-hm7q | [email protected] | github.com | |
| github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/releases/tag/v1.8.1 | [email protected] | github.com | |
| github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/pull/9173 | [email protected] | github.com | |
| github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/pull/9172 | [email protected] | github.com | |
| github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/commit/b4737180c7e597490c6363075c565fa8cf2... | [email protected] | github.com | |
| github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/releases/tag/v1.7.4 | [email protected] | github.com | |
| github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/commit/96e2b750868a459ace4b8b68e6a6e4fb015... | [email protected] | github.com | |
| github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/commit/5a78db82b7cf4fc5bebbeda2c5095289203... | [email protected] | github.com | |
| github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/pull/9171 | [email protected] | github.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
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