Medium severity · published Sep 21, 2026
CVE-2026-48521
Envoy: HTTP/3 connection pool selection null-derefs in ProdClusterManagerFactory::allocateConnPool when transport_socket_options is null
5.9
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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, Envoy's ProdClusterManagerFactory::allocateConnPool dereferences transport_socket_options while selecting an HTTP/3 connection pool without first checking whether the pointer is null. LoadBalancerContext implementations used by synthetic, mirror, health-check, and async-client calls can return no transport-socket options. With auto_config and HTTP/3 enabled, routine traffic reaching one of those contexts can crash an Envoy worker. The relevant scope boundary is that the affected branch requires HTTP/3 in the protocol set and a context that supplies no transport-socket options. This issue is fixed in versions 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, and 1.39.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EN
envoy · envoyproxy
< 1.36.10; >= 1.37.0, < 1.37.6; >= 1.38.0, < 1.38.4; >= 1.39.0, < 1.39.1 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48521
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-48521
Patch
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/8ef2da8527fcd17388b046c1add4fb47fb5d0868
Patch
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/cec4899acf03cf551f28611a5f32385648d95f96
Patch
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/e7b4839beef7f43594ce8e94c4563c80db04a8a7
Patch
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/f5436f44103fb14cb8ba42a8db0f54a06c98c45a
Release Notes
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases/tag/v1.36.10
Release Notes
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases/tag/v1.37.6
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