CVE-2023-38522

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

26/07/2024

Last modified:

03/11/2025

Description

Apache Traffic Server accepts characters that are not allowed for HTTP field names and forwards malformed requests to origin servers. This can be utilized for request smuggling and may also lead cache poisoning if the origin servers are vulnerable.<br /> <br /> This issue affects Apache Traffic Server: from 8.0.0 through 8.1.10, from 9.0.0 through 9.2.4.<br /> <br /> Users are recommended to upgrade to version 8.1.11 or 9.2.5, which fixes the issue.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

7.50

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apache:traffic_server::::::::	8.0.0 (including)	8.1.11 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:apache:traffic_server::::::::	9.0.0 (including)	9.2.5 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2023-38522

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools