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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-12604

Envoy version 1.14.2, 1.13.2, 1.12.4 or earlier is susceptible to increased memory usage in the case where an HTTP/2 client requests a large payload but does not send enough window updates to consume the entire stream and does not reset the stream.

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CVE-2020-12604
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31 Oct 2026, 10:49 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-12604

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 Jul 2020, 15:15 UTC

Envoy version 1.14.2, 1.13.2, 1.12.4 or earlier is susceptible to increased memory usage in the case where an HTTP/2 client requests a large payload but does not send enough window updates to consume the entire stream and does not reset the stream.

osv:CVE-2020-12604
Complete source record
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  "id": "c0d1a607ad2a6cddb1c011be8c8ac418af1a1ea937eb193f7211411d8fb3218b",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-12604",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-12604",
    "summary": "Envoy version 1.14.2, 1.13.2, 1.12.4 or earlier is susceptible to increased memory usage in the case where an HTTP/2 client requests a large payload but does not send enough window updates to consume the entire stream and does not reset the stream.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-12604",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-12604",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-envoy-2020-12604",
        "CVE-2020-12604",
        "GHSA-8hf8-8gvw-ggvx"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "1580db37e9a97c37e410bad0e1507ae1a0fd9e77"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "82b2f458605258e8940ebd90d9f29a022be4ce3c"
                },
                {
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                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.12.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:1.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
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                        "introduced": "1.13.2"
                      },
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                        "last_affected": "1.13.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:1.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      },
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                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.13.2",
            "1.14.2",
            "v1.14.2",
            "v1.12.4",
            "v1.12.3",
            "v1.14.1",
            "v1.14.0",
            "v1.12.2",
            "v1.13.0",
            "v1.12.1",
            "v1.12.0",
            "v1.11.0",
            "v1.10.0",
            "v1.9.0",
            "v1.8.0",
            "v1.7.0",
            "v1.6.0",
            "v1.5.0",
            "v1.4.0",
            "v1.3.0",
            "v1.2.0",
            "v1.1.0",
            "v1.0.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-12604.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:46.389938961Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-8hf8-8gvw-ggvx",
        "https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commits/master"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-12604",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 382921,
  "published_at": "2020-07-01T15:15:12.923+00:00"
}