Medium severity · published Sep 21, 2026
CVE-2026-73549
Envoy - Incomplete fix for CVE-2026-26310: copyInternetAddressAndPort crashes on scoped IPv6 addresses in ORIGINAL_DST clusters
5.3
CVSS
0.6%
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 Utility::copyInternetAddressAndPort and QUIC client-address paths reconstruct scoped IPv6 addresses through addressAsString and Ipv6Instance. The string includes a percent scope identifier that inet_pton cannot parse, causing an exception or abort. Kernel-provided scoped IPv6 destinations in ORIGINAL_DST transparent-proxy deployments, and affected QUIC connection paths, can therefore terminate the process. The relevant scope boundary is that the HTTP use_http_header override rejects scoped addresses earlier; the advisory's crash path requires a kernel-provided original destination or the affected QUIC path. 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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% 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-2026-73549
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-73549
Patch
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/109e5a5b08ad10d99074cefd55a747a16ee64da7
Patch
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/59b1744a6cb62746db418ac06fc5e359fd25fdb7
Patch
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/6e39f4c94deff7a60d382c2d95883e0ea49ff691
Patch
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/ab2dca2d65b079768230a7c3d825afeefa330215
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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