Bug 2182156 (CVE-2023-27488)

Summary: CVE-2023-27488 envoy: gRPC client produces invalid protobuf when an HTTP header with non-UTF8 value is received
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Anten Skrabec <askrabec>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: jwendell, rcernich, twalsh
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A flaw was found in Envoy which could allow an attacker to bypass authentication checks when ext_authz is used by crafting a malicious http header with a non-UTF8 value.
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Description Anten Skrabec 2023-03-27 17:42:33 UTC
The attacker can use this vulnerability to bypass auth checks when
ext_authz is used.

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2023-08-11 16:48:12 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.2 for RHEL 8

Via RHSA-2023:4623 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4623

Comment 6 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-08-11 21:14:28 UTC
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-27488