Varnish Cache before 8.0.1 and Varnish Enterprise before 6.0.16r12, in certain unchecked req.url scenarios, mishandle URLs with a path of / for HTTP/1.1, potentially leading to cache poisoning or authentication bypass.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://vinyl-cache.org/security/VSV00018.html Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 9.8 · varnish-software, vinyl-cacheNVD modified 2026-10-26 22:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 13
cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnish_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnish_enterprise:6.0.16:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnish_enterprise:6.0.16:r10:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnish_enterprise:6.0.16:r11:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnish_enterprise:6.0.16:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnish_enterprise:6.0.16:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnish_enterprise:6.0.16:r4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnish_enterprise:6.0.16:r5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnish_enterprise:6.0.16:r6:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnish_enterprise:6.0.16:r7:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnish_enterprise:6.0.16:r8:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnish_enterprise:6.0.16:r9:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vinyl-cache:vinyl_cache:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 1
- https://vinyl-cache.org/security/VSV00018.html Mitigation, Vendor Advisory