CVE-2026-53718

Envoy Gateway prior to 1.7.4 and 1.8.1 contains a cross-namespace authorization bypass in the custom-backend branch of internal/gatewayapi/route.go. The omitted validateBackendNamespace check allows an HTTPRoute to use an extension-managed custom backendRef to reference a backend resource in anot...

CVE-2026-53718 Envoy Gateway custom backendRef cross-namespace ReferenceGrant bypass

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, an HTTPRoute can use an extension-managed custom backendRef to reference a backend resource in another namespace without a matching Gateway API...

GO-2026-6007 Envoy Gateway custom backendRef cross-namespace ReferenceGrant bypass in github.com/envoyproxy/gateway

Envoy Gateway custom backendRef cross-namespace ReferenceGrant bypass in github.com/envoyproxy/gateway...