Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-48042

Title: Envoy JSON destructor stack overflow

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2026-48042.

CWE Category CWE-1124
Published Date Jun 26, 2026
Modified Date Jun 29, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.56%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-48042: Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications. Prior to 1.35.11, 1.36.7, 1.37.3, and 1.38.1, destructor of JSON Object results in stack overflow when deeply O(100K) nested objects are present. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.35.11, 1.36.7, 1.37.3, and 1.38.1.

Impacted Vendors

E
enphase 1
E
envoyproxy 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/blob/099a9d71ebfd8aa9f823e1738b34138cb634a07b/source/common/json/json_loader.h#L21 https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-f24p-rxw2-g6pv
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2026-48042 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

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Attack Vector Matrix

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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.