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    CVE-2022-21656

    Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy, designed for cloud-native applications. The default_validator.cc implementation used to implement the default certificate validation routines has a "type confusion" bug when processing subjectAltNames. This processing allows, for example, an rfc822Name or uniformResourceIndicator to be authenticated as a domain name. This confusion allows for the bypassing of nameConstraints, as processed by the underlying OpenSSL/BoringSSL implementation, exposing the possibility of impersonation of arbitrary servers. As a result Envoy will trust upstream certificates that should not be trusted.

    Published:Feb 22, 2022
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2025
    EPS:Feb 22, 2022
    EPSS Score:0.00017
    CVSS Score:7.4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Envoyproxy
    Product
    Envoy

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
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    High