Envoy: ext_authz - RawHttpClientImpl onSuccess 0x0 segfault
cve-program · CVE-2026-50572
PublishedEnvoy is an open source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. Prior to 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, and 1.39.1, Envoy's HTTP external-authorization client can retain a stale request callback after a request is rejected. When RawHttpClientImpl::onSuccess later processes the authorization response, it can invoke callbacks_ after the callback owner has been destroyed, causing a use-after-free and process crash under production traffic. The relevant scope boundary is that the vulnerable path uses the HTTP ext_authz client; the advisory does not establish the same trigger for unrelated filters. This issue is fixed in versions 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, and 1.39.1.
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CVE-2026-50572 · CVE overview and exploitation status
cve-program · CVE-2026-50572
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-q8wp-gf7q-m8cv
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/8dacef38337aeffd62866b5c5910104b63b33db8
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/a49085623654e27e9ad6298928557644b849d7ce
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/c1b29534a294cb0999e99e1fe0de000310165f03
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/c524571ffad517ba650d9563f85afa89194e2cfb
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases/tag/v1.36.10
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases/tag/v1.37.6
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases/tag/v1.38.4
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases/tag/v1.39.1
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