Vulnerability · CVE-2025-54588
Envoy is an open source L7 proxy and communication bus designed for large modern service oriented architectures.
Published Sep 2, 2025 · catalog updated Sep 3, 2025 · Envoy is an open
Last checked Oct 26, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-54588. EPSS is 0.47%. Act only if a listed version of Envoy is an open is installed.
Gaps on this record
- The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Envoy is an open).
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
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- Severity
- High7.5
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.47%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor envoyproxy envoy 1.35.0, < 1.35.1
Envoy is an open source L7 proxy and communication bus designed for large modern service oriented architectures. Versions 1.34.0 through 1.34.4 and 1.35.0 contain a use-after-free (UAF) vulnerability in the DNS cache, causing abnormal process termination. The vulnerability is in Envoy's Dynamic Forward Proxy implementation, occurring when a completion callback for a DNS resolution triggers new DNS resolutions or removes existing pending resolutions. This condition may occur when the following conditions are met: dynamic Forwarding Filter is enabled, the runtime flag is enabled, and the Host he
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor envoyproxy envoy 1.35.0, < 1.35.11.35.0, < 1.35.1
How to fix CVE-2025-54588
Upgrade
CVE-2025-54588 lists a fix boundary at 1.35.1. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.
Version check
Affected < 1.35.1
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-54588. EPSS is 0.47%. Act only if a listed version of Envoy is an open is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with envoyproxy envoy 1.35.0, < 1.35.1 1.35.0, < 1.35.1. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.47%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Sep 2, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
Envoy is an open source L7 proxy and communication bus designed for large modern service oriented architectures. Versions 1.34.0 through 1.34.4 and 1.35.0 contain a use-after-free (UAF) vulnerability in the DNS cache, causing abnormal process termination. The vulnerability is in Envoy's Dynamic Forward Proxy implementation, occurring when a completion callback for a DNS resolution triggers new DNS
Sep 3, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
Envoy is an open source L7 proxy and communication bus designed for large modern service oriented architectures. Versions 1.34.0 through 1.34.4 and 1.35.0 contain a use-after-free (UAF) vulnerability in the DNS cache, causing abnormal process termination. The vulnerability is in Envoy's Dynamic Forward Proxy implementation, occurring when a completion callback for a DNS resolution triggers new DNS
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-54588
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-54588
30-day exploitation probability 0.47%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-26470
Envoy is an open source L7 proxy and communication bus designed for large modern service oriented architectures. Versions 1.34.0 through 1.34.4 and 1.35.0 contain a use-after-free (UAF) vulnerability in the DNS cache, causing abnormal process termination. The vulnerability is in
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 26, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 22, 2026
- EUVDOct 22, 2026