Description
In Envoy before versions 1.12.6, 1.13.4, 1.14.4, and 1.15.0 when validating TLS certificates, Envoy would incorrectly allow a wildcard DNS Subject Alternative Name apply to multiple subdomains. For example, with a SAN of *.example.com, Envoy would incorrectly allow nested.subdomain.example.com, when it should only allow subdomain.example.com. This defect applies to both validating a client TLS certificate in mTLS, and validating a server TLS certificate for upstream connections. This vulnerability is only applicable to situations where an untrusted entity can obtain a signed wildcard TLS certificate for a domain of which you only intend to trust a subdomain of. For example, if you intend to trust api.mysubdomain.example.com, and an untrusted actor can obtain a signed TLS certificate for *.example.com or *.com. Configurations are vulnerable if they use verify_subject_alt_name in any Envoy version, or if they use match_subject_alt_names in version 1.14 or later. This issue has been fixed in Envoy versions 1.12.6, 1.13.4, 1.14.4, 1.15.0.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| envoyproxy | envoy | < 1.12.6, >= 1.13.0, < 1.13.4, >= 1.14.0, < 1.14.4 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Service Mesh 1 | servicemesh-proxy | 1.1.5-1.el8 | RHSA-2020:3090 |
Oracle Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux 7 | istio +10 | 1.4.10-1.0.1.el7 | ELSA-2020-5765 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | kata | 1.7.3-1.0.7.el7 | ELSA-2020-5765 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | kata-image | 1.7.3-1.0.5.1.ol7_202007011859 | ELSA-2020-5765 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | kata-runtime | 1.7.3-1.0.5.el7 | ELSA-2020-5765 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | kernel-uek-container | 4.14.35-1902.303.5.3.el7 | ELSA-2020-5765 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | kubeadm +2 | 1.17.9-1.0.1.el7 | ELSA-2020-5765 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | olcnectl +6 | 1.1.2-6.el7 | ELSA-2020-5765 |
Advisories 2
- RHSA-2020:3090 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 1.1 servicemesh-proxy security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Mar 18, 2026
- ELSA-2020-5765 Important: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container kata-image kata-runtime kata kubernetes kubernetes istio olcne security update (Oracle Linux 7) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · Jul 22, 2020