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01 Record

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,

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
debiandebian_linuxNot specified—
fedoraprojectfedoraNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—
redhatrhel_eusNot specified—
redhatrhel_software_collectionsNot specified—
varnish-cachevarnish_cacheNot specified—
varnish-softwarevarnish_cacheNot specified—
varnish_cache_projectvarnish_cacheNot specified—

06 References

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.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.