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CVSS 9.1 · CRITICAL

CVE-2026-53713Validation bypass and secret disclosure in Envoy Gateway

Envoy Gateway is an open source project for managing Envoy Proxy as a standalone or Kubernetes-based application gateway. Prior to 1.7.4 and 1.8.1, to_absolute_normalized_path in internal/gatewayapi/luavalidator/security.lua does not collapse redundant separators before is_critical_path evaluates Lua submitted through EnvoyExtensionPolicy during default Strict validation. Linux resolves a double-slash absolute path as the corresponding single-slash path, but the validator does not match the redundant-separator form, allowing submitted Lua to read arbitrary files from the gateway controller pod. Exposed files can include Kubernetes service-account tokens, TLS certificates, and process environment data, and the disclosed credentials can provide access to sensitive Kubernetes API Server or Gateway xDS server information. This issue is fixed in versions 1.7.4 and 1.8.1.

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Analysis

A critical vulnerability in Envoy Gateway allows attackers to read sensitive files from the gateway controller pod by bypassing path validation. This could lead to the theft of Kubernetes service-account tokens and TLS certificates, potentially resulting in full cluster compromise.

Relevant roles

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Severity

Score: 9.1(CRITICAL)
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
AV: NETWORK
AC: LOW
PR: LOW
UI: NONE
S: CHANGED
C: HIGH
I: LOW
A: LOW
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20

EPSS

No EPSS score yet (CVE may be too fresh).

Technical description

Envoy Gateway is an open source project for managing Envoy Proxy as a standalone or Kubernetes-based application gateway. Prior to 1.7.4 and 1.8.1, to_absolute_normalized_path in internal/gatewayapi/luavalidator/security.lua does not collapse redundant separators before is_critical_path evaluates Lua submitted through EnvoyExtensionPolicy during default Strict validation. Linux resolves a double-slash absolute path as the corresponding single-slash path, but the validator does not match the redundant-separator form, allowing submitted Lua to read arbitrary files from the gateway controller pod. Exposed files can include Kubernetes service-account tokens, TLS certificates, and process environment data, and the disclosed credentials can provide access to sensitive Kubernetes API Server or Gateway xDS server information. This issue is fixed in versions 1.7.4 and 1.8.1.

Published: 9/14/2026, 9:17:12 PM
Last modified: 9/14/2026, 9:17:12 PM

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