7.5
HIGH
CVE-2024-45809
Envoy Jwt Filter nullptr Reference Crash Vulnerability
Description

Envoy is a cloud-native high-performance edge/middle/service proxy. Jwt filter will lead to an Envoy crash when clear route cache with remote JWKs. In the following case: 1. remote JWKs are used, which requires async header processing; 2. clear_route_cache is enabled on the provider; 3. header operations are enabled in JWT filter, e.g. header to claims feature; 4. the routing table is configured in a way that the JWT header operations modify requests to not match any route. When these conditions are met, a crash is triggered in the upstream code due to nullptr reference conversion from route(). The root cause is the ordering of continueDecoding and clearRouteCache. This issue has been addressed in versions 1.31.2, 1.30.6, and 1.29.9. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 20, 2024, 12:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 24, 2024, 8:12 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-45809 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

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URL Resource
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-wqr5-qmq7-3qw3 Third Party Advisory

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  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 24, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    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/security/advisories/GHSA-wqr5-qmq7-3qw3 No Types Assigned https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-wqr5-qmq7-3qw3 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-476
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.29.0 up to (excluding) 1.29.9 *cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.30.0 up to (excluding) 1.30.6 *cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.31.0 up to (excluding) 1.31.2
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Sep. 20, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Envoy is a cloud-native high-performance edge/middle/service proxy. Jwt filter will lead to an Envoy crash when clear route cache with remote JWKs. In the following case: 1. remote JWKs are used, which requires async header processing; 2. clear_route_cache is enabled on the provider; 3. header operations are enabled in JWT filter, e.g. header to claims feature; 4. the routing table is configured in a way that the JWT header operations modify requests to not match any route. When these conditions are met, a crash is triggered in the upstream code due to nullptr reference conversion from route(). The root cause is the ordering of continueDecoding and clearRouteCache. This issue has been addressed in versions 1.31.2, 1.30.6, and 1.29.9. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-wqr5-qmq7-3qw3 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-119
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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