High severity · published Nov 9, 2022
CVE-2022-45060
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
7.5
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
35; 36; 37 · source: NVD
VC
Varnish Cache · Varnish-software
6.0.0 before 6.0.11 · source: NVD
VC
Varnish Cache Plus · Varnish-software
6.0.0; 6.0.0; 6.0.0; 6.0.0; 6.0.1; 6.0.1; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45060
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-45060
Mitigation
https://docs.varnish-software.com/security/VSV00011
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00036.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G6ZMOZVBLZXHEV5VRW4I4SOWLQEK5OF5/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M4KVVCIQVINQQ2D7ORNARSYALMJUMP3I/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XGF6LFTHXCSYMYUX5HLMVXQH3WHCSFLU/
Mitigation
https://varnish-cache.org/security/VSV00011.html
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