CriticalFix available
varnish — security advisory
In Varnish Cache before 6.6.2 and 7.x before 7.0.2, Varnish Cache 6.0 LTS before 6.0.10, and and Varnish Enterprise (Cache Plus) 4.1.x before 4.1.11r6 and 6.0.x before 6.0.9r4, request smuggling can occur for HTTP/1 connections.
- Products
- varnish
- Affected versions
- 3.0.4-1ubuntu1, 3.0.4-1ubuntu2, 3.0.5-1ubuntu2, 3.0.5-2, 3.0.5-2ubuntu0.1, 4.0.3-1, 4.1.0-1, 4.1.0-2, 4.1.1-1, 4.1.1-1ubuntu0.2, 4.1.1-1ubuntu0.2+esm1, 5.0.0-7.1, 5.2.1-1, 6.1.1-1, 6.2.1-2, 6.5.2-1, 6.6.1-1, 7.1.1-1.1ubuntu1, 7.7.0-1, 7.7.0-2, 7.7.0-3, 7.7.3-1, 7.7.3-1build1
- Fixed versions
- 5.2.1-1ubuntu0.1, 6.2.1-2ubuntu0.1, 6.6.1-1ubuntu0.2
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-23959
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 01:00 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In Varnish Cache before 6.6.2 and 7.x before 7.0.2, Varnish Cache 6.0 LTS before 6.0.10, and and Varnish Enterprise (Cache Plus) 4.1.x before 4.1.11r6 and 6.0.x before 6.0.9r4, request smuggling can occur for HTTP/1 connections.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23959
varnish
Fixed versions: Not specified
varnish
Fixed versions: Not specified
varnish
Fixed versions: 5.2.1-1ubuntu0.1
varnish
Fixed versions: 6.2.1-2ubuntu0.1
varnish
Fixed versions: 6.6.1-1ubuntu0.2
varnish
Fixed versions: Not specified
varnish
Fixed versions: Not specified
varnish
Fixed versions: Not specified
varnish
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23959",
"method": "structured",
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"summary": "In Varnish Cache before 6.6.2 and 7.x before 7.0.2, Varnish Cache 6.0 LTS before 6.0.10, and and Varnish Enterprise (Cache Plus) 4.1.x before 4.1.11r6 and 6.0.x before 6.0.9r4, request smuggling can occur for HTTP/1 connections.",
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{
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"modified": "2026-10-17T12:56:20.923051073Z",
"provider": "osv",
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"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23959",
"https://varnish-cache.org/security/VSV00008.html",
"https://docs.varnish-software.com/security/VSV00008/",
"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5474-1",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2022-01-26T01:15:00+00:00"
}