CVE-2021-36740
Varnish Cache, with HTTP/2 enabled, allows request smuggling and VCL authorization bypass via a large Content-Length header for a POST request. This affects Varnish Enterprise 6.0.x before 6.0.8r3,
02 Description
Varnish Cache, with HTTP/2 enabled, allows request smuggling and VCL authorization bypass via a large Content-Length header for a POST request. This affects Varnish Enterprise 6.0.x before 6.0.8r3,
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 75.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-07-14 16:07Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 01:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-07-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-444Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8934659738b7881b236e1eacf5716a39da7c57ec7fe85eb9440d204a4b9c0383
05 Affected products
06 References
- varnish-cache.orghttps://varnish-cache.org/security/VSV00007.html
- docs.varnish-software.comhttps://docs.varnish-software.com/security/VSV00007/
- github.comhttps://github.com/varnishcache/varnish-cache/commit/9be22198e258d0e7a5c41f4291792214a29405cf
- github.comhttps://github.com/varnishcache/varnish-cache/commit/82b0a629f60136e76112c6f2c6372cce77b683be
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-36e10d3f9fhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZHBNLDEOTGYRIEQZBWV7F6VPYS4O2AAK/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-cf7585f0cahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/THV2DQA2GS65HUCKK4KSD2XLN3AAQ2V5/
- www.debian.orgDSA-5088https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5088
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- varnish Fixed in 6.5.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- varnish Fixed in 6.5.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- varnish Fixed in 6.2.1-2ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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