CVE-2020-8661

Description

CNCF Envoy through 1.13.0 may consume excessive amounts of memory when responding internally to pipelined requests.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.57%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/v1.13.1/intro/version_history third party advisory release notes
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-36cq-ww7h-p4j7 third party advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0734 vendor advisory third party advisory release notes

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-8661?
CVE-2020-8661 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-8661?
To fix CVE-2020-8661, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-8661 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-8661 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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