CVE-2026-73512 Envoy - Denial of Service

Envoy < 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, and 1.39.1 contains a denial of service caused by use-after-free of cached RequestDecoder in HttpDatagramHandler with Capsule Protocol enabled, letting attackers crash the process via HTTP/3 datagrams during stream recreation.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
Proof of concept available
Authentication
Not required
EPSS
0.87% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Denial of Service
Impact
Denial Of Service
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
21 September 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-416

Vendor fix

Update to versions 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, or 1.39.1 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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