CVE-2020-11653

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 8, 2020 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:50 AM UTC
5 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxLeapBackports Sle

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

An issue was discovered in Varnish Cache before 6.0.6 LTS, 6.1.x and 6.2.x before 6.2.3, and 6.3.x before 6.3.2. It occurs when communication with a TLS termination proxy uses PROXY version 2. There can be an assertion failure and daemon restart, which causes a performance loss.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.1.0 ≤ v < 6.2.36.3.0 ≤ v < 6.3.2
Affected range stops below 6.2.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.3.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
6.0.0 ≤ v < 6.0.6
Affected range stops below 6.0.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-617

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