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CVE-2020-11767

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Published: Apr 15, 2020Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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3.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Exploitability: 1.6 / Impact: 1.4
Source: NVD

Description

Istio through 1.5.1 and Envoy through 1.14.1 have a data-leak issue. If there is a TCP connection (negotiated with SNI over HTTPS) to *.example.com, a request for a domain concurrently configured explicitly (e.g., abc.example.com) is sent to the server(s) listening behind *.example.com. The outcome should instead be 421 Misdirected Request. Imagine a shared caching forward proxy re-using an HTTP/2 connection for a large subnet with many users. If a victim is interacting with abc.example.com, and a server (for abc.example.com) recycles the TCP connection to the forward proxy, the victim's browser may suddenly start sending sensitive data to a *.example.com server. This occurs because the forward proxy between the victim and the origin server reuses connections (which obeys the specification), but neither Istio nor Envoy corrects this by sending a 421 error. Similarly, this behavior voids the security model browsers have put in place between domains.

Affected (2)

Products: Envoyproxy: Envoy · Istio: Istio
1 product
Envoy
1 product
Istio
Configuration A
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Up to 1.14.1
Up to 1.5.1

References (8)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
ExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

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