9.1
CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVE-2022-23959
Varnish Cache HTTP/1 Request Smuggling
Description

In Varnish Cache before 6.6.2 and 7.x before 7.0.2, Varnish Cache 6.0 LTS before 6.0.10, and and Varnish Enterprise (Cache Plus) 4.1.x before 4.1.11r6 and 6.0.x before 6.0.9r4, request smuggling can occur for HTTP/1 connections.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 26, 2022, 1:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:49 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-23959 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Varnish-software varnish_cache
2 Varnish-software varnich_cache
3 Varnish-software varnish_cache_plus
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Varnish_cache_project varnish_cache
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL [email protected]
Solution
Varnish Cache is vulnerable to request smuggling; update to a patched version to remediate.
  • Update the Varnish Cache packages.
  • For Debian, upgrade to version 6.5.1-1+deb11u2.
  • For Debian 9 stretch, upgrade to version 5.0.0-7+deb9u3.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-23959 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2022-23959 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-23959 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-23959 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://docs.varnish-software.com/security/VSV00008/
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00014.html
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UMMDMQWNAE3BTSZUHXQHVAMZC5TLHLYT/
    Added Reference https://varnish-cache.org/security/VSV00008.html
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5088
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UMMDMQWNAE3BTSZUHXQHVAMZC5TLHLYT/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UMMDMQWNAE3BTSZUHXQHVAMZC5TLHLYT/
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 02, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnich_cache:*:*:*:*:plus:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.0.0 from (excluding) 6.0.9r4 OR *cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnish_cache_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.0.0 from (excluding) 6.0.9r4
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 02, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnich_cache:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.0.0 from (excluding) 6.0.10 OR *cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnish_cache:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.0.0 from (excluding) 6.0.10
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 02, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnich_cache:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.0.0 from (excluding) 7.0.2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:varnish_cache_project:varnish_cache:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.0.0 from (excluding) 7.0.2
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 17, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00014.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00014.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UMMDMQWNAE3BTSZUHXQHVAMZC5TLHLYT/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UMMDMQWNAE3BTSZUHXQHVAMZC5TLHLYT/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5088 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5088 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 04, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5088 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 16, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UMMDMQWNAE3BTSZUHXQHVAMZC5TLHLYT/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 14, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00014.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 07, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://docs.varnish-software.com/security/VSV00008/ No Types Assigned https://docs.varnish-software.com/security/VSV00008/ Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://varnish-cache.org/security/VSV00008.html No Types Assigned https://varnish-cache.org/security/VSV00008.html Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-444
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnich_cache:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.0.0 up to (excluding) 6.6.2 *cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnich_cache:4.1:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnich_cache:*:*:*:*:plus:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.1.1 up to (excluding) 4.1.11r6 *cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnich_cache:*:*:*:*:plus:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.0.0 up to (excluding) 6.0.9r4 *cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnich_cache:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.0.0 up to (excluding) 6.0.10 *cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnich_cache:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.0.0 up to (excluding) 7.0.2
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.1
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 6.4
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.51 }} 0.03%

score

0.65354

percentile