Medium severity · published Sep 21, 2026
CVE-2026-73551
Envoy: Path normalization does not handle dot and dotdot segments with parameters
5.3
CVSS
0.5%
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 URL normalization does not recognize dot and dotdot path segments when they carry semicolon parameters. A request such as /user/..;foo=bar/admin is therefore not canonicalized to /admin even when path normalization is enabled. If an upstream interprets the segment according to RFC 3986 while Envoy applies routing or RBAC to the uncollapsed path, a remote client can cause path confusion and bypass path-based security policy. The relevant scope boundary is that the security consequence depends on a downstream/upstream path interpretation mismatch or a path-based Envoy decision. 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:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% 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-2026-73551
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-73551
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-2w8w-rfw7-8gg4
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/28b6d60a6d96edeece121cac5be701eb46cc7f24
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/d40a68b0a30a003c4e0a9fd3af637f828b52c37b
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/e9d6c329f9a3ff19432bf39b60c601df7e3eda33
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/f74d1107c4f5c9679b66f7a03a6c5b75ddde1989
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases/tag/v1.36.10
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