7.5

CVE-2024-53868: apache software foundation apache traffic server HTTP Request/Response Smuggling

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53868DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53868
Published 03-04-2025Last modified 18-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-53868 is a high (CVSS 7.5) HTTP Request/Response Smuggling vulnerability in apache software foundation apache traffic server. EPSS estimates a 0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50.5% 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
0.66%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-5948-1

Timeline

  1. 03-04-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 18-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Apache Traffic Server allows request smuggling if chunked messages are malformed. This issue affects Apache Traffic Server: from 9.2.0 through 9.2.9, from 10.0.0 through 10.0.4. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.2.10 or 10.0.5, which fixes the issue.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.66%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

51%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.65% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.66%

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

Apache1 product
Apache software foundation1 product
Debian1 product
  • trafficserver< 9.2.5+ds-0+deb12u3
Ubuntu1 product
  • trafficserverAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

8 links