CVE-2020-35470
mediumpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.010 · 62 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Envoy before 1.16.1 logs an incorrect downstream address because it considers only the directly connected peer, not the information in the proxy protocol header. This affects situations with tcp-proxy as the network filter (not HTTP filters).
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.8–8.8
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affected products (3)
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advisories (1)
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- BIT-envoy-2020-354702024-03-06vendor · osvUS
Envoy before 1.16.1 logs an incorrect downstream address because it considers only the directly connected peer, not the information in the proxy protocol header. This affects situations with tcp-proxy as the network filter (not HTTP filters).
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references (11)
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- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/compare/v1.16.0...v1.16.1cnnvd
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/issues/14087cnnvd
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/pull/14131cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35470cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-cloud-pak-for-security-contains-security-vulnerabilities/cnnvd
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/compare/v1.16.0...v1.16.1enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/issues/14087enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/pull/14131enisa_euvd
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