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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 23, 2022
  • Updated: Apr 14, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2022-21656
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.9
  • AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.8
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N