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GHSA-cfc2-wjcm-c8fm

HighCVSS 8.6 / 10
Published Sep 10, 2021·Last modified Feb 4, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Envoy, which Pomerium is based on, contains two authorization related vulnerabilities:

  • CVE-2021-32777: incorrectly transform a URL containing a #fragment element, causing a mismatch in path-prefix based authorization decisions.
  • CVE-2021-32779: incorrectly handle duplicate headers, dropping all but the last. This may lead to incorrect routing or authorization policy decisions.

Impact

With specially crafted requests, incorrect authorization or routing decisions may be made by Pomerium.

Patches

Pomerium v0.14.8 and v0.15.1 contain an upgraded envoy binary with these vulnerabilities patched.

Workarounds

  • This issue can only be triggered when using path prefix based policy. Removing any such policies should provide mitigation.

References

envoy GSA CVE-2021-32777 envoy GSA CVE-2021-32779 envoy announcement

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Risk Scores
Base Score
8.6

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability can affect other systems as well, not just the initial system. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information.

Threat Intelligence
7.9

Exploitation activity has been observed. Apply available patches or mitigations urgently.

EPSS
1.46%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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