CVE-2022-21656
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-02-22 22:25
Modified
2024-08-03 02:46
Severity ?
7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
X.509 subjectAltName matching bypass in Envoy
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/bb95af848c939cfe5b5ee33c5b1770558077e64ePatch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-c9g7-xwcv-pjx2Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
envoyproxyenvoy
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