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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2022-38150

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.

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CVE-2022-38150
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7 Nov 2026, 13:16 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2022-38150

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Aug 2022, 00:00 UTC

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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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38150",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2022-38150",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-38150",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "BIT-varnish-2022-38150",
        "CVE-2022-38150"
      ],
      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
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              "type": "GIT",
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          ],
          "versions": [
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:50.692105086Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/38xxx/CVE-2022-38150.json",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M4KVVCIQVINQQ2D7ORNARSYALMJUMP3I/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TW3X4PEKC5C736SCKE2UG3Y7JWKMD2K6/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V2BUKFICLZBXESLQ3MXMIG3G52RZURFK/",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38150"
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      "provider_metadata": {
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      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2022-38150",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 519423,
  "published_at": "2022-08-11T00:00:00+00:00"
}