GHSA-M2V6-2JMH-4C68
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-16 19:19 – Updated: 2026-07-16 19:19Vulnerability report without repro case. Repro case may be added later after harness is complete.
Preconditions (4): - Tenant has SecurityPolicy + TCPRoute RBAC (baseline) - Tenant namespace permitted to attach TCPRoute to a Gateway listener - spec.authorization omitted (the trigger) - No admission webhook blocks the shape
Description:
A namespace-scoped tenant can deterministically panic the gatewayapi runner on every reconcile with a single CRD; the recover() in message/watchutil.go:53 keeps the process alive but unwinds the entire handle() callback in runner/runner.go:192, so xDS/Infra IR publishing stalls controller-wide until an admin deletes the object. Data plane keeps serving last-good config.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Go",
"name": "github.com/envoyproxy/gateway"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "1.8.0-rc.0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.8.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
},
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Go",
"name": "github.com/envoyproxy/gateway"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.7.4"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-53719"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-476"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2026-07-16T19:19:17Z",
"nvd_published_at": null,
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Vulnerability report without repro case. Repro case may be added later after harness is complete.\n\n**Preconditions (4):**\n- Tenant has SecurityPolicy + TCPRoute RBAC (baseline)\n- Tenant namespace permitted to attach TCPRoute to a Gateway listener\n- spec.authorization omitted (the trigger)\n- No admission webhook blocks the shape\n\n**Description:**\n\nA namespace-scoped tenant can deterministically panic the gatewayapi runner on every reconcile with a single CRD; the recover() in message/watchutil.go:53 keeps the process alive but unwinds the entire handle() callback in runner/runner.go:192, so xDS/Infra IR publishing stalls controller-wide until an admin deletes the object. Data plane keeps serving last-good config.",
"id": "GHSA-m2v6-2jmh-4c68",
"modified": "2026-07-16T19:19:17Z",
"published": "2026-07-16T19:19:17Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/security/advisories/GHSA-m2v6-2jmh-4c68"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Envoy Gateway: Nil-dereference when SecurityPolicy targets TCPRoute without spec.authorization"
}
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