Apache Traffic Server allows request smuggling via HEAD requests that carry Content-Length or Transfer-Encoding.



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.

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Description Apache Traffic Server allows request smuggling via HEAD requests that carry Content-Length or Transfer-Encoding. 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.
Title Apache Traffic Server: HEAD requests carrying Content-Length or Transfer-Encoding enable request smuggling
Weaknesses CWE-444
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-21T19:16:16.439Z

Reserved: 2026-10-16T20:20:22.546Z

Link: CVE-2026-111809

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-21T20:17:22.620

Modified: 2026-10-21T20:17:22.620

Link: CVE-2026-111809

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-21T22:30:07Z

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