CVE-2026-53717 (GCVE-0-2026-53717)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-14 20:09 – Updated: 2026-09-15 19:30
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Envoy Gateway: OCI layer extraction allocates make([]byte, h.Size) from untrusted tar header
Summary
Envoy Gateway is an open source project for managing Envoy Proxy as a standalone or Kubernetes-based application gateway. Prior to 1.7.4 and 1.8.1, internal/wasm/imagefetcher.go follows tenant-controlled EnvoyExtensionPolicy spec.wasm[].code.image.url values to Docker or OCI Wasm layers, and extractWasmPluginBinary uses the untrusted tar-header h.Size value to allocate memory before validating the entry name or declared size. A small PAX or GNU tar header can therefore claim a multi-terabyte entry even though the surrounding LimitReader restricts only the bytes read from the stream, and no registry allowlist prevents a permitted tenant from selecting an attacker-controlled registry that the controller can reach. The allocation is attempted for every tar entry and can cause an unrecoverable Go runtime out-of-memory failure; because the custom resource persists, reconciliation repeatedly crash-loops the shared controller and causes a single-request, non-volumetric, cluster-wide control-plane denial of service. This issue is fixed in versions 1.7.4 and 1.8.1.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-15 19:29 UTC
CWE
- CWE-789 - Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
Assigner
References
9 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/security/ad… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/pull/9171 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/pull/9172 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/pull/9173 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/commit/5a78… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/commit/96e2… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/commit/b473… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/releases/ta… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/releases/ta… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| envoyproxy | gateway |
Affected:
< 1.7.4
Affected: >= 1.8.0-rc.0, < 1.8.1 |
guessed |
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