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high 8.2

CVE-2024-35296 json

Apache Traffic Server: Invalid Accept-Encoding can force forwarding requests

published 2024-07-26 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-35267

cvss
8.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Invalid Accept-Encoding header can cause Apache Traffic Server to fail cache lookup and force forwarding requests.

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.

Patch / fix

  • apache traffic_server 8.1.11, 9.2.5
  • trafficserver Debian 12 9.2.5+ds-0+deb12u1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35296

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-35296 updated cvss 8.2

trafficserver.apache.org: trafficserver: apache: Invalid Accept-Encoding can force forwarding requests

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
NVD 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
CNA 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Traffic Server

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.