7.5
HIGH
CVE-2021-43824
"Envoy Regex JWT Filter Denial of Service Vulnerability"
Description

Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy, designed for cloud-native applications. In affected versions a crafted request crashes Envoy when a CONNECT request is sent to JWT filter configured with regex match. This provides a denial of service attack vector. The only workaround is to not use regex in the JWT filter. Users are advised to upgrade.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 22, 2022, 11:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 1, 2022, 8:47 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-43824 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Envoyproxy envoy
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-43824.

URL Resource
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/9371333230b1a6e1be2eccf4868771e11af6253a Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-vj5m-rch8-5r2p Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-43824 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-43824 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 01, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/9371333230b1a6e1be2eccf4868771e11af6253a No Types Assigned https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/9371333230b1a6e1be2eccf4868771e11af6253a Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-vj5m-rch8-5r2p No Types Assigned https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-vj5m-rch8-5r2p Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.18.6 *cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.19.0 up to (excluding) 1.19.3 *cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.20.0 up to (excluding) 1.20.2 *cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.21.0 up to (excluding) 1.21.1
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.10 }} 0.01%

score

0.44001

percentile

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