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CVE-2026-111816

Apache Traffic Server forwarded a malformed 302 response that should have been rejected as a parse…

Risk score
66/100
CVSS
9.3 v3.1
Exploit chance (30 days)
0.3%
Published
21 Oct 2026

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What to know

What it is
Apache Traffic Server forwarded a malformed 302 response that should have been rejected as a parse error, because the Transfer-Encoding: chunked carve-out bypassed the rejection path. A response that two peers can read differently is then stored and served, allowing cache poisoning and response-framing desync. This is…
Affected
See advisory
Fix
Upgrade the product to 9.2.16, 10.1.5 or 10.2.1 (whichever matches your release line), or later.
Exploitation
No known exploitation

Why it is Amber

  • CVSS 9.3 critical
  • Remotely exploitable without logging in

References

Original description

Apache Traffic Server forwarded a malformed 302 response that should have been rejected as a parse error, because the Transfer-Encoding: chunked carve-out bypassed the rejection path. A response that two peers can read differently is then stored and served, allowing cache poisoning and response-framing desync. This issue affects Apache Traffic Server: from 8.0.0 through 8.1.11, from 9.0.0 through 9.2.15, from 10.0.0 through 10.1.4, 10.2.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.2.16, 10.1.5, or 10.2.1, which fix the issue.

Last activity 21 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.