High severity · published Jun 26, 2026
CVE-2026-48044
Envoy Zstd Decompressor: Ratio Check at Wrong Loop Depth lead to memory explosion
7.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EN
envoy · envoyproxy
>= 1.38.0, < 1.38.1; >= 1.37.0, < 1.37.3; >= 1.36.0, < 1.36.7; >= 1.23.0, < 1.35.11 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48044
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-48044
Mitigation
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-m3p9-47wh-88wg
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