5.3
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-53715
Envoy Gateway: Wasm cache ServeHTTP reads mappingPath2Cache without lock
Description

Envoy Gateway is an open source project for managing Envoy Proxy as a standalone or Kubernetes-based application gateway. Prior to 1.7.4 and 1.8.1, HTTPServer.ServeHTTP in internal/wasm/httpserver.go reads the plain mappingPath2Cache map without synchronization while HTTPServer.Get writes the same map during EnvoyExtensionPolicy translation. An attacker with pod-network access to unauthenticated port 18002 and tenant permission to churn policies with distinct Wasm URLs can flood GET requests until a per-request reader overlaps a writer. Go's concurrent map read and write detection invokes runtime.throw, which the net/http connection recovery cannot catch, terminating the controller process and causing a timing-dependent, cross-tenant control-plane denial of service until Kubernetes restarts the pod. This issue is fixed in versions 1.7.4 and 1.8.1.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 14, 2026, 9:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 25, 2026, 2:10 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-53715 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 gateway
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM MITRE-CVE
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Update Envoy Gateway to a fixed version to resolve a concurrent map access issue causing denial of service.
  • Update Envoy Gateway to version 1.7.4 or later.
  • Update Envoy Gateway to version 1.8.1 or later.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2026-53715 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Sep. 15, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2026-53715', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'none'}, {'automatable': 'no'}, {'technicalImpact': 'partial'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-09-15T14:26:08.978177Z'}
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Sep. 14, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Envoy Gateway is an open source project for managing Envoy Proxy as a standalone or Kubernetes-based application gateway. Prior to 1.7.4 and 1.8.1, HTTPServer.ServeHTTP in internal/wasm/httpserver.go reads the plain mappingPath2Cache map without synchronization while HTTPServer.Get writes the same map during EnvoyExtensionPolicy translation. An attacker with pod-network access to unauthenticated port 18002 and tenant permission to churn policies with distinct Wasm URLs can flood GET requests until a per-request reader overlaps a writer. Go's concurrent map read and write detection invokes runtime.throw, which the net/http connection recovery cannot catch, terminating the controller process and causing a timing-dependent, cross-tenant control-plane denial of service until Kubernetes restarts the pod. This issue is fixed in versions 1.7.4 and 1.8.1.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-362
    Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53715.json">CVE-2026-53715</a>
    Added Reference https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/commit/5a78db82b7cf4fc5bebbeda2c50952892038a464
    Added Reference https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/commit/96e2b750868a459ace4b8b68e6a6e4fb0152b9b7
    Added Reference https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/commit/b4737180c7e597490c6363075c565fa8cf24eead
    Added Reference https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/pull/9171
    Added Reference https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/pull/9172
    Added Reference https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/pull/9173
    Added Reference https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/releases/tag/v1.7.4
    Added Reference https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/releases/tag/v1.8.1
    Added Reference https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/security/advisories/GHSA-8fv2-88gg-hm7q
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