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Contour

Kubernetes ingress controller powered by Envoy

Reverse Proxy & Gateways ★ 4k stars Medium setup Apache-2.0

Contour is a Kubernetes ingress controller that uses the Envoy proxy as its data plane. It provides advanced routing through its HTTPProxy custom resource.

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Key features

  • Envoy-powered ingress
  • HTTPProxy CRD
  • Dynamic configuration
  • TLS and delegation

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • Kubernetes-ready with Helm charts available
  • Active community (4k GitHub stars)
  • Written in HTML

Is Contour secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Contour's latest release (v1.33.7). OSV.dev lists 5 past advisories for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-50149, published 2026-08-19 (56 days ago), fixed in 1.33.5, 1.33.4

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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