CVE-2019-18836
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.019 · 80 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Envoy 1.12.0 allows a remote denial of service because of resource loops, as demonstrated by a single idle TCP connection being able to keep a worker thread in an infinite busy loop when continue_on_listener_filters_timeout is used."
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (5)
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references (14)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-18836cnnvd
- https://blog.envoyproxy.iocnnvd
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-3xvf-4396-cj46cnnvd
- https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/18229cnnvd
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/envoy-userscnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18836cnnvd
- https://blog.envoyproxy.ioenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-3xvf-4396-cj46enisa_euvd
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