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CVE-2022-45060

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-45060 is an HTTP Request Forgery vulnerability affecting Varnish Cache versions 5.x, 6.x (before 6.0.11), 7.x (before 7.1.2), and 7.2.x (before 7.2.1). An attacker can manipulate HTTP/2 pseudo-headers to inject invalid characters into HTTP/1 requests sent to backend servers, potentially exploiting vulnerabilities in those downstream systems. Rated 7.5 HIGH on CVSS, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to high integrity impacts on backend services. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnish_cache:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnish_cache_plus:6.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnish_cache_plus:6.0.0:r0:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnish_cache_plus:6.0.0:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:varnish-software:varnish_cache_plus:6.0.0:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0094 is in the 32nd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: varnish:6-8070020221114151716.bd1311ed
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: varnish:6-8010020221114160433.c27ad7f8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: varnish:6-8020020221114155218.4cda2c84
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update ServiceFixed in: varnish:6-8020020221114155218.4cda2c84
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: varnish:6-8020020221114155218.4cda2c84
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: varnish:6-8040020221114153543.522a0ee4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: varnish:6-8060020221114152527.ad008a3a
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: varnish-0:6.6.2-2.el9_1.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update SupportFixed in: varnish-0:6.6.2-2.el9_0.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-varnish6-varnish-0:6.0.8-2.el7.2
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-45060Important

varnish: Request Forgery Vulnerability

Nov 8, 2022

References

docs.varnish-software.com / security/VSV00011
MitigationVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00036.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G6ZMOZVBLZXHEV5VRW4I4SOWLQEK5OF5
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M4KVVCIQVINQQ2D7ORNARSYALMJUMP3I
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XGF6LFTHXCSYMYUX5HLMVXQH3WHCSFLU
varnish-cache.org / security/VSV00011.html
MitigationVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2023/dsa-5334
Third Party Advisory