Vulnerability Report

CVE-2022-21656

Title: Type confusion in Envoy default certificate validation allows impersonation

Impersonation

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2022-21656.

CWE Category CWE-843
Published Date Feb 22, 2022
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.4 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.78%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2022-21656: Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy, designed for cloud-native applications. The default_validator.cc implementation used to implement the default certificate validation routines has a "type confusion" bug when processing subjectAltNames. This processing allows, for example, an rfc822Name or uniformResourceIndicator to be authenticated as a domain name. This confusion allows for the bypassing of nameConstraints, as processed by the underlying OpenSSL/BoringSSL implementation, exposing the possibility of impersonation of arbitrary servers. As a result Envoy will trust upstream certificates that should not be trusted.

Impacted Vendors

E
enphase 1
E
envoyproxy 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/bb95af848c939cfe5b5ee33c5b1770558077e64e https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-c9g7-xwcv-pjx2 https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/bb95af848c939cfe5b5ee33c5b1770558077e64e https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-c9g7-xwcv-pjx2
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2022-21656 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.