Envoy Gateway is an open source project for managing Envoy Proxy as a standalone or Kubernetes-based…
Historical advisory recorded 25 Oct 2026 13:17:16 UTC. Read the latest advisory.
nvd · CVE-2026-53718
PublishedEnvoy 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, an HTTPRoute can use an extension-managed custom backendRef to reference a backend resource in another namespace without a matching Gateway API ReferenceGrant in the target namespace. The custom-backend branch in internal/gatewayapi/route.go omits validateBackendNamespace, allowing the route-owning namespace to bind to and use the resource without the backend namespace owner's consent and violating the Gateway API cross-namespace authorization model. This issue is fixed in versions 1.7.4 and 1.8.1.
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nvd · CVE-2026-53718
PublishedEnvoy 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, an HTTPRoute can use an extension-managed custom backendRef to reference a backend resource …
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, an HTTPRoute can use an extension-managed custom backendRef to reference a backend resource in another namespace without a matching Gateway API ReferenceGrant in the target namespace. The custom-backend branch in internal/gatewayapi/route.go omits validateBackendNamespace, allowing the route-owning namespace to bind to and use the resource without the backend namespace owner's consent and violating the Gateway API cross-namespace authorization model. This issue is fixed in versions 1.7.4 and 1.8.1.
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Source analysis status: Awaiting Analysis
Weakness classifications: CWE-862
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published: 2026-09-14T21:17:13.140
lastModified: 2026-09-25T14:10:13.927
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CVSS 3.1 · [email protected] · Secondary · 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L