Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation Affecting varnish-cache package, versions [,9.0.1)
Threat Intelligence
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- published19 Apr 2026
- disclosed12 Apr 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 12 Apr 2026
CVE-2026-40396 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade varnish-cache to version 9.0.1 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation through the pipelining process between HTTP/1 requests after timeout_linger. An attacker can cause the server to crash by sending a crafted sequence of HTTP/1 requests, waiting for the session to release its worker thread, and then resuming traffic before the session is closed, resulting in a workspace overflow and daemon panic.