CVE-2024-27919

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27919
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-27919.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-27919
Aliases
Published
2024-04-04T14:30:11Z
Modified
2025-10-20T20:25:46.752368Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
HTTP/2: memory exhaustion due to CONTINUATION frame flood
Details

Envoy is a cloud-native, open-source edge and service proxy. In versions 1.29.0 and 1.29.1, theEnvoy HTTP/2 protocol stack is vulnerable to the flood of CONTINUATION frames. Envoy's HTTP/2 codec does not reset a request when header map limits have been exceeded. This allows an attacker to send an sequence of CONTINUATION frames without the END_HEADERS bit set causing unlimited memory consumption. This can lead to denial of service through memory exhaustion. Users should upgrade to versions 1.29.2 to mitigate the effects of the CONTINUATION flood. Note that this vulnerability is a regression in Envoy version 1.29.0 and 1.29.1 only. As a workaround, downgrade to version 1.28.1 or earlier or disable HTTP/2 protocol for downstream connections.

Database specific
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-390"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/envoyproxy/envoy

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy
Events

Affected versions

v1.*

v1.29.0
v1.29.1