CVE-2022-29226 CRITICAL

CVE-2022-29226: Trivial authentication bypass in Envoy

Vendor Envoyproxy
Product envoy
Weakness CWE-306 · Missing auth
Published June 9, 2022
Last update April 23, 2025

CVSS base score

10.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Envoy is a cloud-native high-performance proxy. In versions prior to 1.22.1 the OAuth filter implementation does not include a mechanism for validating access tokens, so by design when the HMAC signed cookie is missing a full authentication flow should be triggered. However, the current implementation assumes that access tokens are always validated thus allowing access in the presence of any access token attached to the request. Users are advised to upgrade. There is no known workaround for this issue.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 9, 2022 CVE published
April 23, 2025 Record updated