Description
Envoy Gateway is an open source project for managing Envoy Proxy as a standalone or Kubernetes-based application gateway. Prior to 1.7.4 and 1.8.1, getFileFromGZ in internal/wasm/httpfetcher.go calls io.ReadAll on a gzip.Reader without limiting decompressed output when a tenant-controlled EnvoyExtensionPolicy.spec.wasm[].code.http.url points to a reachable compressed Wasm payload. The 256 MiB compressed-input cap does not constrain the expanded size, no operator Wasm URL allowlist exists, and the optional sha256 check occurs only after decompression, so a comparatively small gzip stream can force a multi-gigabyte allocation in the shared controller. The resulting out-of-memory termination restarts the controller, re-reconciles the persistent custom resource, and can create a persistent cross-tenant control-plane outage. This issue is fixed in versions 1.7.4 and 1.8.1.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| envoyproxy | gateway | < 1.7.4, >= 1.8.0-rc.0, < 1.8.1 | — |
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 Leap 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | datadog-cluster-agent-7.73 | 7.73.3-r23 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | datadog-cluster-agent-7.77 | 7.77.3-r23 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | datadog-cluster-agent-7.78 | 7.78.4-r16 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | datadog-cluster-agent-7.79 | 7.79.2-r15 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | datadog-cluster-agent-7.80 | 7.80.4-r7 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | tigera-operator-1.42 | 1.42.4-r2 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/envoyproxy/gateway | >= 1.8.0-rc.0, < 1.8.1 | 1.8.1 | GHSA-cxpq-8v7q-cg56 |
| Go | github.com/envoyproxy/gateway | < 1.7.4 | 1.7.4 | GHSA-cxpq-8v7q-cg56 |
| Go | github.com/envoyproxy/gateway | < 1.7.4 · >= 1.8.0-rc.0, < 1.8.1 | 1.7.4, 1.8.1 | GO-2026-6006 |
Advisories 1
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 31, 2026
References
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/security/advisories/GHSA-cxpq-8v7q-cg56
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/pull/9171
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/pull/9172
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/pull/9173
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/commit/5a78db82b7cf4fc5bebbeda2c50952892038a464
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/commit/96e2b750868a459ace4b8b68e6a6e4fb0152b9b7
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/commit/b4737180c7e597490c6363075c565fa8cf24eead
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/releases/tag/v1.7.4
- https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/releases/tag/v1.8.1