Medium severity · published Sep 21, 2026
CVE-2026-50572
Envoy: ext_authz - RawHttpClientImpl onSuccess 0x0 segfault
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 HTTP external-authorization client can retain a stale request callback after a request is rejected. When RawHttpClientImpl::onSuccess later processes the authorization response, it can invoke callbacks_ after the callback owner has been destroyed, causing a use-after-free and process crash under production traffic. The relevant scope boundary is that the vulnerable path uses the HTTP ext_authz client; the advisory does not establish the same trigger for unrelated filters. 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 52% 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-2026-50572
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50572
Patch
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/8dacef38337aeffd62866b5c5910104b63b33db8
Patch
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/a49085623654e27e9ad6298928557644b849d7ce
Patch
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/c1b29534a294cb0999e99e1fe0de000310165f03
Patch
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/c524571ffad517ba650d9563f85afa89194e2cfb
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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