CVE-2021-39162

mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.016 · 76 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.64% (76th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
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7 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Pomerium is an open source identity-aware access proxy. Envoy, which Pomerium is based on, can abnormally terminate if an H/2 GOAWAY and SETTINGS frame are received in the same IO event. This can lead to a DoS in the presence of untrusted *upstream* servers. 0.15.1 contains an upgraded envoy binary with this vulnerability patched. If only trusted upstreams are configured, there is not substantial risk of this condition being triggered.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.6
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.3–8.6

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9
v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.18.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 4
v3.18.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.18.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 4
v3.18.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV
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weaknesses

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CWE-754USCWE-754US
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affected products (7)

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advisories (3)

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  • GHSA-gjcg-vrxg-xmgvIncorrect handling of H2 GOAWAY + SETTINGS frames2021-09-10ghsa · osvUS

    Envoy, which Pomerium is based on, can abnormally terminate if an H/2 GOAWAY and SETTINGS frame are received in the same IO event. ### Impact This can lead to a DoS in the presence of untrusted *upstream* servers. ### Patches 0.15.1 contains an upgraded envoy binary with this vulnerability patched. ### Workarounds If only trusted upstreams are configured, there is not substantial risk of this condition being triggered. ### References [envoy GSA](https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-j374-mjrw-vvp8) [envoy CVE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-32780) [envoy announcement](https://groups.google.com/g/envoy-announce/c/5xBpsEZZDfE/m/wD05NZBbAgAJ) ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [pomerium/pomerium](https://github.com/pomerium/pomerium/issues) * Email us at [security@pomerium.com](mailto:security@pomerium.com)

  • BIT-envoy-2021-39162Incorrect handling of H2 GOAWAY + SETTINGS frames2024-03-06vendor · osvUS

    Pomerium is an open source identity-aware access proxy. Envoy, which Pomerium is based on, can abnormally terminate if an H/2 GOAWAY and SETTINGS frame are received in the same IO event. This can lead to a DoS in the presence of untrusted *upstream* servers. 0.15.1 contains an upgraded envoy binary with this vulnerability patched. If only trusted upstreams are configured, there is not substantial risk of this condition being triggered.

  • GO-2022-0933Incorrect handling of H2 GOAWAY + SETTINGS frames in github.com/pomerium/pomerium2024-08-21vendor · osvUS

    Incorrect handling of H2 GOAWAY + SETTINGS frames in github.com/pomerium/pomerium

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdosvnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2021-09-09modified 2026-06-17
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references (10)

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