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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-73553 EUVD-2026-84120

Envoy: RBAC Authorization Bypass via Path Parameters

Published Sep 21, 2026 · Updated Sep 22, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. Prior to 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, and 1.39.1, When ignore_path_parameters_in_path_matching is enabled, Envoy's router strips the semicolon suffix before matching but the RBAC url_path matcher evaluates the raw path. A downstream request such as /admin;x can therefore miss a DENY rule for /admin while the router still selects the protected /admin backend. The inconsistent canonicalization allows an unauthenticated client to bypass path-based authorization. The relevant scope boundary is that the route option and a path-based RBAC rule must both be present, and the protected route must match after stripping. This issue is fixed in versions 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, and 1.39.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
envoyproxy envoy < 1.36.10, >= 1.37.0, < 1.37.6, >= 1.38.0, < 1.38.4, >= 1.39.0, < 1.39.1 —

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed istioctl 1.30.4-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11630-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 ecs-service-connect-agent v1.39.1.0-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2149

Advisories 2

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