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 optional oghttp2 upstream HTTP/2 codec accepts a response trailer HEADERS frame without END_STREAM. Envoy completes and deferred-deletes the ActiveRequest while oghttp2 keeps the stream open, leaving ClientStreamImpl with a dangling response_decoder_ reference. A later frame on the stream can dispatch through the freed object and crash the process. The relevant scope boundary is that the default nghttp2 codec rejects the malformed trailers, and the trigger is upstream-only with oghttp2 enabled. This issue is fixed in versions 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, and 1.39.1.
Published: 2026-09-21
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description No description is available for this CVE. 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 optional oghttp2 upstream HTTP/2 codec accepts a response trailer HEADERS frame without END_STREAM. Envoy completes and deferred-deletes the ActiveRequest while oghttp2 keeps the stream open, leaving ClientStreamImpl with a dangling response_decoder_ reference. A later frame on the stream can dispatch through the freed object and crash the process. The relevant scope boundary is that the default nghttp2 codec rejects the malformed trailers, and the trigger is upstream-only with oghttp2 enabled. This issue is fixed in versions 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, and 1.39.1.
Title envoy: envoy: HTTP/2 trailers without END_STREAM in oghttp2 cause heap use-after-free Envoy: oghttp2 upstream trailers incorrect handling
Weaknesses CWE-20
References

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 22:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Envoyproxy
Envoyproxy envoy
Vendors & Products Envoyproxy
Envoyproxy envoy

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Description No description is available for this CVE.
Title envoy: envoy: HTTP/2 trailers without END_STREAM in oghttp2 cause heap use-after-free
Weaknesses CWE-416
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important


Subscriptions

Envoyproxy Envoy
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-21T19:40:49.119Z

Reserved: 2026-08-12T19:00:33.737Z

Link: CVE-2026-73513

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-21T20:17:27.820

Modified: 2026-09-21T20:17:27.820

Link: CVE-2026-73513

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-08-26T13:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-73513 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-21T21:30:11Z

Weaknesses