CVE-2019-9901 (GCVE-0-2019-9901)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-04-25 15:31 – Updated: 2024-08-04 22:01
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Envoy 1.9.0 and before does not normalize HTTP URL paths. A remote attacker may craft a relative path, e.g., something/../admin, to bypass access control, e.g., a block on /admin. A backend server could then interpret the non-normalized path and provide an attacker access beyond the scope provided for by the access control policy.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
4 references
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| https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/v1.9.1/intro… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/issues/6435 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/envoy-a… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advi… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2019-03-29 00:00
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