CVE-2022-45059

HIGH LAB

Varnish Cache < 7.1.2 - HTTP Request Smuggling

Title source: rule

Description

An issue was discovered in Varnish Cache 7.x before 7.1.2 and 7.2.x before 7.2.1. A request smuggling attack can be performed on Varnish Cache servers by requesting that certain headers are made hop-by-hop, preventing the Varnish Cache servers from forwarding critical headers to the backend.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC

by martinvks · poc

https://github.com/martinvks/CVE-2022-45059-demo

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References (4)

[Mitigation, Vendor Advisory] https://varnish-cache.org/security/VSV00010.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G6ZMOZVBLZXHEV5VRW4I4SOWLQEK5OF5/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XGF6LFTHXCSYMYUX5HLMVXQH3WHCSFLU/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M4KVVCIQVINQQ2D7ORNARSYALMJUMP3I/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0152

EPSS Percentile 81.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Lab Environment

COMMUNITY

Community Lab

docker pull amazoncorretto:17

docker pull martinvks/cve-2022-45059-frontend

docker pull martinvks/cve-2022-45059-backend

docker pull martinvks/cve-2022-45059-victim

docker pull nicolaka/netshoot

+1 more images

https://github.com/martinvks/CVE-2022-45059-demo

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Details

CWE

CWE-444

Status published

Products (5)

fedoraproject/fedora 35

fedoraproject/fedora 36

fedoraproject/fedora 37

varnish_cache_project/varnish_cache 7.2.0

varnish_cache_project/varnish_cache 7.0.0 - 7.1.2

Published Nov 09, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026