Medium
Security advisory
In Varnish Cache 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, and 7.1.0, it is possible to cause the Varnish Server to assert and automatically restart through forged HTTP/1 backend responses. An attack uses a crafted reason phrase of the backend response status line. This is fixed in 7.0.3 and 7.1.1.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2022-38150
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 13:16 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In Varnish Cache 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, and 7.1.0, it is possible to cause the Varnish Server to assert and automatically restart through forged HTTP/1 backend responses. An attack uses a crafted reason phrase of the backend response status line. This is fixed in 7.0.3 and 7.1.1.
osv:CVE-2022-38150
Complete source record
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"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M4KVVCIQVINQQ2D7ORNARSYALMJUMP3I/",
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"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V2BUKFICLZBXESLQ3MXMIG3G52RZURFK/",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2022-08-11T00:00:00+00:00"
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