Envoy 1.9.0 and before does not normalize HTTP URL paths. A remote attacker may craft a relative path, e.g., something/../admin, to bypass access control, e.g., a block on /admin. A backend server could then interpret the non-normalized path and provide an attacker access beyond the scope provided for by the access control policy.
{
"nvd_published_at": "2019-04-25T16:29:00Z",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-706"
],
"github_reviewed_at": "2023-07-14T20:27:42Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL",
"github_reviewed": true
}