An HTTP Request Forgery issue was discovered in Varnish Cache 5.x and 6.x before 6.0.11, 7.x before 7.1.2, and 7.2.x before 7.2.1. An attacker may introduce characters through HTTP/2 pseudo-headers that are invalid in the context of an HTTP/1 request line, causing the Varnish server to produce invalid HTTP/1 requests to the backend. This could, in turn, be used to exploit vulnerabilities in a server behind the Varnish server. Note: the 6.0.x LTS series (before 6.0.11) is affected.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | alma-upgrade-varnishalma-upgrade-varnish-develalma-upgrade-varnish-docsalma-upgrade-varnish-modules | Dec 6, 2022 | Nov 9, 2022 | |
| Alpine Linux | alpine-linux-upgrade-varnish | Aug 22, 2024 | Nov 9, 2022 | |
| Centos_linux | — | centos-upgrade-varnishcentos-upgrade-varnish-develcentos-upgrade-varnish-docscentos-upgrade-varnish-modulescentos-upgrade-varnish-modules-debuginfocentos-upgrade-varnish-modules-debugsource | Nov 29, 2022 | Nov 9, 2022 |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-varnish | Nov 29, 2022 | Nov 9, 2022 | |
| Oracle_linux | — | oracle-linux-upgrade-varnishoracle-linux-upgrade-varnish-develoracle-linux-upgrade-varnish-docsoracle-linux-upgrade-varnish-modules | Nov 29, 2022 | Nov 8, 2022 |
| Redhat_linux | redhat-upgrade-varnishredhat-upgrade-varnish-develredhat-upgrade-varnish-docsredhat-upgrade-varnish-modulesredhat-upgrade-varnish-modules-debuginforedhat-upgrade-varnish-modules-debugsource | Nov 29, 2022 | Nov 9, 2022 | |
| Rocky_linux | rocky-upgrade-varnishrocky-upgrade-varnish-develrocky-upgrade-varnish-docsrocky-upgrade-varnish-modulesrocky-upgrade-varnish-modules-debuginforocky-upgrade-varnish-modules-debugsource | Mar 12, 2024 | Nov 9, 2022 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-libvarnishapi3suse-upgrade-varnishsuse-upgrade-varnish-devel | Nov 14, 2022 | Nov 9, 2022 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libvarnishapi1ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libvarnishapi2ubuntu-pro-upgrade-varnish | Mar 27, 2025 | Nov 9, 2022 |
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