CVE-2021-36740 (GCVE-0-2021-36740)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-14 16:07 – Updated: 2024-08-04 01:01
VLAI
Summary
Varnish Cache, with HTTP/2 enabled, allows request smuggling and VCL authorization bypass via a large Content-Length header for a POST request. This affects Varnish Enterprise 6.0.x before 6.0.8r3, and Varnish Cache 5.x and 6.x before 6.5.2, 6.6.x before 6.6.1, and 6.0 LTS before 6.0.8.
CWE
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