CVE-2025-46821

Q: How do I fix CVE-2025-46821?

Upgrade envoy to 1.33.3 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2025-46821 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2025-46821 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.26% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 18% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2025-46821?

CVE-2025-46821 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2025-46821 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for envoy (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

MEDIUM

5.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Envoy is a cloud-native edge/middle/service proxy. Prior to versions 1.34.1, 1.33.3, 1.32.6, and 1.31.8, Envoy's URI template matcher incorrectly excludes the `*` character from a set of valid characters in the URI path. As a result URI path containing the `*` character will not match a URI template expressions. This can result in bypass of RBAC rules when configured using the `uri_template` permissions. This vulnerability is fixed in Envoy versions v1.34.1, v1.33.3, v1.32.6, v1.31.8. As a workaround, configure additional RBAC permissions using `url_path` with `safe_regex` expression.

CWE-186

How to fix

Remediation Available

envoyNVD

Affected:>= 1.33.0, < 1.33.3Fixed in:1.33.3CVE-2025-46821derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.26%probability of exploitation in 30 days

18thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 18% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

github.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-186 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2026-47241	Low	2.1	0.2%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2025-46821?

Upgrade envoy to 1.33.3 or later.

Is CVE-2025-46821 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2025-46821 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.26% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 18% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2025-46821?

CVE-2025-46821 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2025-46821 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for envoy (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-09-03.