Answer in brief
CVE-2026-53713 records a Critical severity (CVSS 9.1) vulnerability in Envoy Gateway: Authentication Bypass via Improper Input Validation in EnvoyExtensionPolicy Lua Allows Secret Disclosure. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps envoyproxy/gateway (generic), github.com/envoyproxy/gateway (go), github.com/envoyproxy/gateway (go), github.com/envoyproxy/gateway (go) and additional mapped packages. Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 9.1. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps envoyproxy/gateway (generic), github.com/envoyproxy/gateway (go), github.com/envoyproxy/gateway (go), github.com/envoyproxy/gateway (go) and additional mapped packages. Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| envoyproxy/gatewaygeneric | < 1.7.4 || >= 1.8.0-rc.0, < 1.8.1 | Not reported |
| github.com/envoyproxy/gatewaygo | >=1.8.0-rc.0,<1.8.1 | 1.8.1 |
| github.com/envoyproxy/gatewaygo | <1.7.4 | 1.7.4 |
| github.com/envoyproxy/gatewaygo | >=1.8.0-rc.0 <1.8.1 | 1.8.1 |
| github.com/envoyproxy/gatewaygo | >=0 <1.7.4 | 1.7.4 |
Published upstream
Sep 14, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 16, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jul 16, 2026
Envoy Gateway is an open source project for managing Envoy Proxy as a standalone or Kubernetes-based application gateway. Prior to 1.7.4 and 1.8.1, to_absolute_normalized_path in internal/gatewayapi/luavalidator/security.lua does not collapse redundant separators before is_critical_path evaluates Lua submitted through EnvoyExtensionPolicy during default Strict validation. Linux resolves a double-slash absolute path as the corresponding single-slash path, but the validator does not match the redundant-separator form, allowing submitted Lua to read arbitrary files from the gateway controller pod. Exposed files can include Kubernetes service-account tokens, TLS certificates, and process environment data, and the disclosed credentials can provide access to sensitive Kubernetes API Server or Gateway xDS server information. This issue is fixed in versions 1.7.4 and 1.8.1.
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