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CVE-2022-21656

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Published: Feb 22, 2022Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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5.9
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Exploitability: 2.2 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy, designed for cloud-native applications. The default_validator.cc implementation used to implement the default certificate validation routines has a "type confusion" bug when processing subjectAltNames. This processing allows, for example, an rfc822Name or uniformResourceIndicator to be authenticated as a domain name. This confusion allows for the bypassing of nameConstraints, as processed by the underlying OpenSSL/BoringSSL implementation, exposing the possibility of impersonation of arbitrary servers. As a result Envoy will trust upstream certificates that should not be trusted.

Affected (1)

Products: Envoyproxy: Envoy
1 product
Envoy
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Before 1.20.2

References (4)

Source: security-advisories@github.com
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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