# CVE-2021-33193: Request splitting via HTTP/2 method injection and mod\_proxy

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-08-16 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server: Apache HTTP Server 2.4 2.4.17 to 2.4.48

## Description

A crafted method sent through HTTP/2 will bypass validation and be forwarded by mod_proxy, which can lead to request splitting or cache poisoning. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.17 to 2.4.48.

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Apache HTTP Server](https://cve.now/tech/apache-httpd.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://portswigger.net/research/http2
- https://github.com/apache/httpd/commit/ecebcc035ccd8d0e2984fe41420d9e944f456b3c.patch
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re4162adc051c1a0a79e7a24093f3776373e8733abaff57253fef341d%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ree7519d71415ecdd170ff1889cab552d71758d2ba2904a17ded21a70%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DSM6UWQICBJ2TU727RENU3HBKEAFLT6T/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EUVJVRJRBW5QVX4OY3NOHZDQ3B3YOTSG/
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-apache-httpd-2.4.49-VWL69sWQ
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210917-0004/
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-17
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-20
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00002.html

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