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CVE-2021-36740
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2021-07-14T17:15:08.253 · Last modified 2026-06-17T03:59:05.367

Summary

Varnish Cache, with HTTP/2 enabled, allows request smuggling and VCL authorization bypass via a large Content-Length header for a POST request. This affects Varnish Enterprise 6.0.x before 6.0.8r3, and Varnish Cache 5.x and 6.x before 6.5.2, 6.6.x before 6.6.1, and 6.0 LTS before 6.0.8.

Affected products

varnish-cache — varnish_cache

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References

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