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CVE-2022-29225

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-29225 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Envoy proxy versions prior to 1.22.1. An attacker can exploit this by sending a small, highly compressed payload (a "zip bomb") that exhausts system memory during decompression, leading to a denial of service. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion beyond a single Reddit mention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.22.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0144 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

charmpatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0Fixed in: servicemesh-proxy-0:2.0.10-1.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 2.1Fixed in: servicemesh-proxy-0:2.1.3-1.el8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

charmllm-charm-ccd412ccd0ff13deCRITICAL

Multiple remotely exploitable vulnerabilities in Envoy and Istio affecting Cloud Service Mesh

Jun 10, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-29225Important

envoy: Decompressors can be zip bombed

Jun 9, 2022

References

github.com / envoyproxy/envoy/commit/cb4ef0b09200c720dfdb07e097092dd105450343
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-75hv-2jjj-89hh
ExploitThird Party Advisory