CVE-2022-21656
22.02.2022, 23:15
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.
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| envoyproxy | envoy | 𝑥 < 1.20.2 |
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= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration
- CWE-295 - Improper Certificate ValidationThe software does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.
- CWE-843 - Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')The program allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.
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