7.5

CVE-2022-45059: fedoraproject fedora HTTP Request/Response Smuggling

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2022-45059DEBIAN-CVE-2022-45059
Published 09-11-2022Last modified 01-05-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-45059 is a high (CVSS 7.5) HTTP Request/Response Smuggling vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 1.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.52%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 4
OPENSUSE-SU-2022:10198-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12496-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10751-1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-45059

Timeline

  1. 09-11-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-05-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.52%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

74%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 1.49% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.52%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Alpine1 product
  • varnish< 7.2.1-r0
Debian1 product
  • varnish< 7.1.1-1.1
Fedoraproject1 product
Varnish_cache_project1 product

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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