Description
Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. Prior to 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, and 1.39.1, Envoy's HTTP external-authorization client can retain a stale request callback after a request is rejected. When RawHttpClientImpl::onSuccess later processes the authorization response, it can invoke callbacks_ after the callback owner has been destroyed, causing a use-after-free and process crash under production traffic. The relevant scope boundary is that the vulnerable path uses the HTTP ext_authz client; the advisory does not establish the same trigger for unrelated filters. This issue is fixed in versions 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, and 1.39.1.
Published: 2026-09-21
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description No description is available for this CVE. Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. Prior to 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, and 1.39.1, Envoy's HTTP external-authorization client can retain a stale request callback after a request is rejected. When RawHttpClientImpl::onSuccess later processes the authorization response, it can invoke callbacks_ after the callback owner has been destroyed, causing a use-after-free and process crash under production traffic. The relevant scope boundary is that the vulnerable path uses the HTTP ext_authz client; the advisory does not establish the same trigger for unrelated filters. This issue is fixed in versions 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, and 1.39.1.
Title envoy: envoy: ext_authz use-after-free after rejecting an HTTP request Envoy: ext_authz - RawHttpClientImpl onSuccess 0x0 segfault
References

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 22:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Envoyproxy
Envoyproxy envoy
Vendors & Products Envoyproxy
Envoyproxy envoy

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description No description is available for this CVE.
Title envoy: envoy: ext_authz use-after-free after rejecting an HTTP request
Weaknesses CWE-416
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Subscriptions

Envoyproxy Envoy
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-21T19:32:00.008Z

Reserved: 2026-06-04T21:34:34.427Z

Link: CVE-2026-50572

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-21T20:17:25.970

Modified: 2026-09-21T20:17:25.970

Link: CVE-2026-50572

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-08-26T13:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-50572 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-21T21:30:11Z

Weaknesses