Low severity · published Sep 18, 2026
CVE-2026-93894
In Vinyl Cache before 9.0,2, workspace buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the .upper() and .lower() string type methods of VCL
2.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Vinyl Cache before 9.0,2, workspace buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the .upper() and .lower() string type methods of VCL. This can be used as a remote denial of service (DoS) vector to make the child process segfault or assert, and then restart. Effectively exploiting this vulnerability requires prior knowledge about the VCL in use and the ability to craft a request that contains a string that is long enough to fill the remaining workspace at the call site while staying under the different request size limits (http_req_size, http_req_hdr_len, etc.).
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VC
Varnish Cache · Varnish-Software
9.0.0 before 9.0.4; before c5078ae575201b05ae8674a90ddb19ffe7f4b439; 6.3.0 through 8.0.2 · source: vendor
VC
Vinyl Cache · Vinyl-Cache
before 9.0.2; before 90f5bacc14b2404e6cc349ba015f0f73b8515136 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93894
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93894
vinyl-cache.org
https://vinyl-cache.org/security/VSV00020.html
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