Use After Free Affecting envoyproxy/envoy package, versions [,1.36.10)[1.37.0,1.37.6)[1.38.0,1.38.4)[1.39.0,1.39.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.83% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ENVOYPROXYENVOY-20078992
  • published24 Sept 2026
  • disclosed26 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-73512  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade envoyproxy/envoy to version 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, 1.39.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free in the processing of late datagrams in HTTP/3. An attacker can cause a crash or denial of service by sending specially crafted datagrams after the expected processing window.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1