CVE-2026-48743CWE-444

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

High · published June 26, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
21.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00298 · 21.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-444 · Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')
Published
2026-06-26T17:34Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 JUN 17:34Z
    Envoy: HTTP/3 to HTTP/1 request smuggling via headers-only request with nonzero Content-Length
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