CVE-2026-47778 (GCVE-0-2026-47778)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-26 17:27 – Updated: 2026-06-27 02:53
VLAI
Title
Envoy: Embedded NUL in TLS DNS SAN Truncation in the Default TLS Certificate Validator. (Auth Bypass)
Summary
Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. Prior to 1.35.11, 1.36.7, 1.37.3, and 1.38.1, a structural flaw was identified in DefaultCertValidator::verifySubjectAltName where the extracted DNS SAN string is cast to a C-style string using .c_str() before being passed to the Utility::dnsNameMatch() algorithm. If the attacker serves a certificate with a dNSName SAN containing an embedded NUL byte, the helper Utility::generalNameAsString captures the complete string including the NUL. However, when .c_str() evaluates it, implicit conversion to absl::string_view inside dnsNameMatch relies on strlen(), prematurely truncating the evaluation context. Envoy evaluates trucated string against the exact required config_san match and returns true, thereby successfully validating the string with the Nul byte for an upstream routing. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.35.11, 1.36.7, 1.37.3, and 1.38.1.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-27 02:52 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-158 - Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
envoyproxy envoy Affected: >= 1.38.0, < 1.38.1
Affected: >= 1.37.0, < 1.37.3
Affected: >= 1.36.0, < 1.36.7
Affected: < 1.35.11
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