CVE-2026-48042
Envoy: Stack overflow in destructor of highly nested JSON
HIGH 7.5
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.56 % · percentile 46 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
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, destructor of JSON Object results in stack overflow when deeply O(100K) nested objects are present. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.35.11, 1.36.7, 1.37.3, and 1.38.1.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-1124 — Excessively Deep Nesting
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-39819
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-48042
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 1.18.0 < 1.35.13cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 1.36.0 < 1.36.9cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 1.37.0 < 1.37.5cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 1.38.0 < 1.38.3
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |