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CVE-2024-35161: Apache Traffic Server forwards malformed HTTP chunked trailer section to origin servers

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Authoritative record:CVE-2024-35161· Critical 9.1

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.1 Critical · fixed in 8.1.11 : patch affected systems as a priority.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 06:59 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.1Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CISA-ADPCVSS 3.19.1
EPSS
0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 61% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 8.1.11
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 26 Jul 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Users should upgrade Apache Traffic Server to version 8.1.11 or 9.2.5, where this vulnerability is fixed. As an immediate mitigation, users can enable the configuration setting proxy.config.http.drop_chunked_trailers to prevent forwarding of malformed chunked trailer sections to origin servers.

Description

Apache Traffic Server versions 8.0.0 through 8.1.10 and 9.0.0 through 9.2.4 forward malformed HTTP chunked trailer sections to origin servers. This behavior can be exploited for HTTP request smuggling and may lead to cache poisoning if the origin servers are vulnerable. The issue is fixed in versions 8.1.11 and 9.2.5. A configuration setting is available to mitigate the issue by dropping chunked trailers.

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