Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) Affecting envoyproxy/envoy package, versions [1.35.0,1.35.13)[1.36.0,1.36.9)[1.37.0,1.37.5)[1.38.0,1.38.3)
Threat Intelligence
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- published28 Jun 2026
- disclosed26 Jun 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 26 Jun 2026
CVE-2026-48044 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade envoyproxy/envoy to version 1.35.13, 1.36.9, 1.37.5, 1.38.3 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) in the ZstdDecompressorImpl process. An attacker can trigger excessive memory allocation by submitting a specially crafted, highly compressed zstd payload, potentially leading to severe memory exhaustion and service disruption.