CVE-2020-8661
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 4, 2020 at 08:48 PM UTC
Updated: October 2, 2026 at 09:00 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsEnvoyOpenShift Service Mesh
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
CNCF Envoy through 1.13.0 may consume excessive amounts of memory when responding internally to pipelined requests.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 1.13.0
OpenShift Service Mesh· Red Hatcontainer
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0734x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-36cq-ww7h-p4j7x_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/v1.13.1/intro/version_historyCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400
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