CVE-2026-48042 (GCVE-0-2026-48042)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-26 17:29 – Updated: 2026-06-29 13:27
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Title
Envoy: Stack overflow in destructor of highly nested JSON
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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
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