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GHSA-gjcg-vrxg-xmgv

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, can abnormally terminate if an H/2 GOAWAY and SETTINGS frame are received in the same IO event.

Impact

This can lead to a DoS in the presence of untrusted upstream servers.

Patches

0.15.1 contains an upgraded envoy binary with this vulnerability patched.

Workarounds

If only trusted upstreams are configured, there is not substantial risk of this condition being triggered.

References

envoy GSA envoy CVE 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 availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
7.9

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

EPSS
1.64%

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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