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CVE-2026-57834: Apache Traffic Server: Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests
CVE-2026-57834 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 10.0 and affects Apache Traffic Server. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication, without any user interaction.
Vulnerability description
Apache Traffic Server allows request smuggling if chunked messages are malformed. This issue affects Apache Traffic Server: from 8.0.0 through 8.1.11, from 9.0.0 through 9.2.14, from 10.0.0 through 10.1.3. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.2.15 or 10.1.4, which fix the issue.
Severity breakdown
CVSS v3.1 10.0: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
- Attack vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network, with no need for local or physical access.
- Attack complexity: Low. No special conditions; the attack can be repeated reliably.
- Privileges required: None. No account or prior access is needed.
- User interaction: None. No action from any user is needed.
- Scope: Changed. Impact reaches beyond the vulnerable component to other resources.
- Confidentiality impact: High. Total loss of confidentiality; sensitive data can be fully disclosed.
- Integrity impact: High. Total loss of integrity; data or system state can be fully modified.
- Availability impact: Low. Reduced performance or intermittent interruption.
Underlying weakness
CWE-444: Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests
The product acts as an intermediary HTTP agent (such as a proxy or firewall) in the data flow between two entities such as a client and server, but it does not interpret malformed HTTP requests or responses in ways that are consistent with how the messages will be processed by those entities that are at the ultimate destination.
Affected products
- Apache Traffic Server: from 8.0.0 up to and including 8.1.9; from 9.0.0 before 9.2.15; from 10.0.0 before 10.1.4