Description
Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. From 1.23.0 until 1.35.11, 1.36.7, 1.37.3, and 1.38.1, a vulnerability has been identified in Envoy's zstd decompressor implementation (ZstdDecompressorImpl). When zstd decompression is enabled, processing a specially crafted, highly compressed zstd payload can lead to massive memory allocation. An attacker can exploit this to cause severe memory exhaustion, potentially resulting in an Out-Of-Memory (OOM) kill and Denial of Service (DoS) for the Envoy proxy. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.35.11, 1.36.7, 1.37.3, and 1.38.1.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| envoyproxy | envoy | >= 1.38.0, < 1.38.1, >= 1.37.0, < 1.37.3, >= 1.36.0, < 1.36.7, >= 1.23.0, < 1.35.11 | — |
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.
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | istioctl | 1.30.2-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:11141-1 |
Advisories 2
- WID-SEC-2026-2048 Google Cloud Service Mesh und Envoy Proxy: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Aug 3, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:11141-1 istioctl-1.30.2-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jun 29, 2026