CVE-2026-47221CWE-476

Envoy: Null pointer deref in internal redirects

Medium · published June 26, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.9
EPSS
0%
Percentile
37.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. From 1.18.0 until 1.35.13, 1.36.9, 1.37.5, and 1.38.3, the router filter contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability when handling HTTP 303 (See Other) internal redirects for body-less non-GET/HEAD requests. When a POST, PUT, DELETE, or PATCH request without a body is sent to a route configured with internal redirect policy that includes 303 in redirect_response_codes, and the upstream responds with HTTP 303, the redirect handling code attempts to drain a request body buffer that was never allocated. This results in a segmentation fault that crashes the entire Envoy process. When route configured with internal_redirect_policy including 303 in redirect_response_codes and upstream must return HTTP 303 response, an unauthenticated attacker can exploit this to cause complete denial of service, terminating all active connections. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.35.13, 1.36.9, 1.37.5, and 1.38.3.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00445 · 37.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2026-06-26T17:35Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 JUN 17:35Z
    Envoy: Null pointer deref in internal redirects
    cvelistv5