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Vulnerability details: VCID-5x4y-yahm-hqaw
Vulnerability ID VCID-5x4y-yahm-hqaw
Aliases CVE-2023-38522
Summary Apache Traffic Server accepts characters that are not allowed for HTTP field names and forwards malformed requests to origin servers. This can be utilized for request smuggling and may also lead cache poisoning if the origin servers are vulnerable. This issue affects Apache Traffic Server: from 8.0.0 through 8.1.10, from 9.0.0 through 9.2.4. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 8.1.11 or 9.2.5, which fixes the issue.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-444 Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')
CWE-86 Improper Neutralization of Invalid Characters in Identifiers in Web Pages
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-38522.json
epss 0.01405 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-38522
epss 0.01405 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-38522
epss 0.01405 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-38522
epss 0.01405 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-38522
epss 0.01405 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-38522
epss 0.01405 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-38522
epss 0.01405 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-38522
epss 0.01405 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-38522
epss 0.01405 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-38522
epss 0.01405 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-38522
epss 0.01405 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-38522
epss 0.01405 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-38522
epss 0.01405 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-38522
epss 0.01405 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-38522
epss 0.01405 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-38522
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread/c4mcmpblgl8kkmyt56t23543gp8v56m0
ssvc Track https://lists.apache.org/thread/c4mcmpblgl8kkmyt56t23543gp8v56m0
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38522
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-38522.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-38522
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38522
1077141 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1077141
2300034 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2300034
c4mcmpblgl8kkmyt56t23543gp8v56m0 https://lists.apache.org/thread/c4mcmpblgl8kkmyt56t23543gp8v56m0
cpe:2.3:a:apache:traffic_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:apache:traffic_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2023-38522 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38522
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-38522.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/c4mcmpblgl8kkmyt56t23543gp8v56m0
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-07-26T13:37:29Z/ Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/c4mcmpblgl8kkmyt56t23543gp8v56m0
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38522
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.79644
EPSS Score 0.01405
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T09:33:31.816637+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38522.json 37.0.0