CVE-2026-48042 Envoy: Stack overflow in destructor of highly nested JSON

What is CVE-2026-48042?

CVE-2026-48042 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Envoyproxy Envoy, published on 26 Jun 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-1124

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-48042?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including envoy. It affects 1 product.

Products include Envoyproxy Envoy.

How do I fix CVE-2026-48042?

Upgrade envoy to a fixed version for your release line: 1.35.11, 1.36.7, 1.37.3 or 1.38.1.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2026-48042 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-48042 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in Envoyproxy Envoy

• CVE-2022-29226 Trivial authentication bypass in Envoy Critical 10.0
• CVE-2019-18801 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-18802 Security feature bypass in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-35470 Information disclosure in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2024-23324 Envoy ext auth can be bypassed when Proxy protocol filter sets invalid UTF-8 metadata High 8.6

All Envoyproxy Envoy vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BIT-envoy-2026-48042, GHSA-f24p-rxw2-g6pv.