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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2024-23323 EUVD-2024-20838

Excessive CPU usage when URI template matcher is configured using regex in Envoy

Published Feb 9, 2024 · Updated Aug 1, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Envoy is a high-performance edge/middle/service proxy. The regex expression is compiled for every request and can result in high CPU usage and increased request latency when multiple routes are configured with such matchers. This issue has been addressed in released 1.29.1, 1.28.1, 1.27.3, and 1.26.7. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
envoyproxy envoy >= 1.29.0, < 1.29.1, >= 1.28.0, < 1.28.1, >= 1.27.0, < 1.27.3, < 1.26.7 —

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.

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 ecs-service-connect-agent v1.27.3.0-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-543

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