CVE-2022-21656

Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy, designed for cloud-native applications. The default_validator.cc implementation used to implement the default certificate validation routines has a "type confusion" bug when processing subjectAltNames. This processing allows, for example, an rfc822Name or uniformResourceIndicator to be authenticated as a domain name. This confusion allows for the bypassing of nameConstraints, as processed by the underlying OpenSSL/BoringSSL implementation, exposing the possibility of impersonation of arbitrary servers. As a result Envoy will trust upstream certificates that should not be trusted.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

24 Jul 2023, 13:50

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-295 CWE-843

Information

Published : 2022-02-22 23:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 19:09


NVD link : CVE-2022-21656

Mitre link : CVE-2022-21656

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-21656


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Products Affected

envoyproxy

  • envoy
CWE
CWE-843

Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

CWE-295

Improper Certificate Validation