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October 21, 2026 · Cloudflare

WAF - WAF Release - 2026-10-21 - Emergency - Cloudflare Free Ruleset

This emergency release adds seven rules to the Cloudflare Free Ruleset to block anomalous request patterns.

RulesetRule IDLegacy Rule IDDescriptionPrevious ActionNew ActionCommentsCloudflare Free Ruleset...b5ccf32fN/AGeneric Rules - Anomalous Execution - 1N/ABlockThis is a new detection.Cloudflare Free Ruleset...bcd95984N/AGeneric Rules - Anomalous Execution - 2N/ABlockThis is a new detection.Cloudflare Free Ruleset...82dab691N/AGeneric Rules - Anomalous Execution - 3N/ABlockThis is a new detection.Cloudflare Free Ruleset...24b1a4c6N/AGeneric Rules - Anomalous Execution - 4N/ABlockThis is a new detection.Cloudflare Free Ruleset...302ede46N/AGeneric Rules - Anomalous Execution - 5N/ABlockThis is a new detection.Cloudflare Free Ruleset...7975ce1bN/AGeneric Rules - Anomalous Execution - 6N/ABlockThis is a new detection.Cloudflare Free Ruleset...e8d613faN/AGeneric Rules - Anomalous Execution - 7N/ABlockThis is a new detection.

For more information, refer to WAF Managed Rules.

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