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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2026-24072 json

Apache HTTP Server: mod_rewrite elevation of privileges via ap_expr

published 2026-05-04 6 mo ago modified 2026-10-26 13 d ago also BIT-apache-2026-24072 , EUVD-2026-26944

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An escalation of privilege bug in various modules in Apache HTTP 2.4.66 and earlier allows local .htaccess authors to read files with the privileges of the httpd user.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.67, which fixes this issue.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami apache 2.4.67
  • apache http_server 2.4.67
  • apache2 Debian 12 2.4.67-1~deb12u2
  • apache2 Debian 13 2.4.67-1~deb13u2
  • apache2 Debian 14 2.4.67-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-24072

  • apache2 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.4.52-1ubuntu4.20
  • apache2 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 2.4.58-1ubuntu8.12
  • apache2 Ubuntu 25.10 2.4.64-1ubuntu3.4
  • apache2 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 2.4.66-2ubuntu2.1
  • apache2 Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2.4.7-1ubuntu4.22+esm13
  • apache2 Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.17+esm18
  • apache2 Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.27+esm9
  • apache2 Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 2.4.41-4ubuntu3.23+esm4

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24072

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • jbcs-httpd24-httpd jboss core services 1 2.4.62-16.el8jbcs
  • jbcs-httpd24-mod_ssl jboss core services 1 1:2.4.62-16.el8jbcs
  • jbcs-httpd24-mod_ldap jboss core services 1 2.4.62-16.el8jbcs
  • jbcs-httpd24-mod_http2 jboss core services 1 2.0.29-13.el8jbcs
  • jbcs-httpd24-httpd-tools jboss core services 1 2.4.62-16.el8jbcs
  • jbcs-httpd24-mod_session jboss core services 1 2.4.62-16.el8jbcs
  • jbcs-httpd24-httpd-manual jboss core services 1 2.4.62-16.el8jbcs
  • jbcs-httpd24-httpd-selinux jboss core services 1 2.4.62-16.el8jbcs

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:56868RHSA-2026:41906RHSA-2026:34109RHSA-2026:13938

  • apache2 SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS +5 more 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
  • apache2 SLES 16.0, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 2.4.66-160000.2.1
  • apache2-event SLES 16.0, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 2.4.66-160000.2.1
  • apache2-utils SLES 16.0, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 2.4.66-160000.2.1
  • apache2-manual SLES 16.0, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 2.4.66-160000.2.1
  • apache2-worker SLES 16.0, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 2.4.66-160000.2.1
  • apache2-prefork SLES 16.0, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 2.4.66-160000.2.1
  • apache2 SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 2.4.66-35.78.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:2641-1SUSE-SU-2026:2686-1SUSE-SU-2026:22199-1SUSE-SU-2026:22209-1

  • apache2 openSUSE Leap 16.0 2.4.66-160000.2.1
  • apache2-event openSUSE Leap 16.0 2.4.66-160000.2.1
  • apache2-utils openSUSE Leap 16.0 2.4.66-160000.2.1
  • apache2-manual openSUSE Leap 16.0 2.4.66-160000.2.1
  • apache2-worker openSUSE Leap 16.0 2.4.66-160000.2.1
  • apache2-prefork openSUSE Leap 16.0 2.4.66-160000.2.1
  • apache2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.4.67-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21115-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10785-1

  • httpd AlmaLinux 9 2.4.62-13.el9_8.5
  • mod_lua AlmaLinux 9 2.4.62-13.el9_8.5
  • mod_ssl AlmaLinux 9 1:2.4.62-13.el9_8.5
  • mod_ldap AlmaLinux 9 2.4.62-13.el9_8.5
  • httpd-core AlmaLinux 9 2.4.62-13.el9_8.5
  • httpd-tools AlmaLinux 9 2.4.62-13.el9_8.5
  • mod_session AlmaLinux 9 2.4.62-13.el9_8.5
  • httpd-manual AlmaLinux 9 2.4.62-13.el9_8.5

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:41906ALSA-2026:34109

  • httpd Rocky Linux 9 2.4.62-13.el9_8.5

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:41906

  • apache2 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +2 more 2.4.67-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-24072

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • httpd Azure Linux 3.0 2.4.67-1

azure linux advisories AZL-85998

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-24072 updated cvss 5.5

Apache HTTP Server: mod_rewrite: Apache HTTP Server: Privilege Escalation via .htaccess file manipulation

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 httpd, mod_ssl, httpd-tools, httpd-manual Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 httpd, mod_ssl, mod_ldap, httpd-tools, mod_session, httpd-manual, +1 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 httpd, mod_md, mod_ssl, mod_ldap, mod_http2, httpd-tools, +4 more
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) httpd 2.4.62-13.el9_8.5, mod_lua 2.4.62-13.el9_8.5, mod_ssl 2.4.62-13.el9_8.5, mod_ldap 2.4.62-13.el9_8.5, httpd-core 2.4.62-13.el9_8.5, httpd-tools 2.4.62-13.el9_8.5, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:41906
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) httpd 2.4.63-13.el10_2.4, mod_lua 2.4.63-13.el10_2.4, mod_ssl 2.4.63-13.el10_2.4, mod_ldap 2.4.63-13.el10_2.4, httpd-core 2.4.63-13.el10_2.4, httpd-tools 2.4.63-13.el10_2.4, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:34109
  • Red Hat Hardened Images httpd 2.4.67-0.1.hum1, httpd-core 2.4.67-0.1.hum1, httpd-tools 2.4.67-0.1.hum1, httpd-manual 2.4.67-0.1.hum1, httpd-filesystem 2.4.67-0.1.hum1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:13938
  • Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5 insights-proxy/insights-proxy-container-rhel9 1786433656
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:53371
  • Red Hat JBoss Core Services 2.4.62.SP5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:56869
  • Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 8 jbcs-httpd24-httpd 2.4.62-16.el8jbcs, jbcs-httpd24-mod_ssl 2.4.62-16.el8jbcs, jbcs-httpd24-mod_ldap 2.4.62-16.el8jbcs, jbcs-httpd24-httpd-tools 2.4.62-16.el8jbcs, jbcs-httpd24-mod_session 2.4.62-16.el8jbcs, jbcs-httpd24-httpd-manual 2.4.62-16.el8jbcs, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:56868
show 1 more
  • Red Hat Hardened Images mod_lua 2.4.67-0.1.hum1, mod_ssl 2.4.67-0.1.hum1, mod_ldap 2.4.67-0.1.hum1, mod_session 2.4.67-0.1.hum1, mod_proxy_html 2.4.67-0.1.hum1 Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 8 jbcs-httpd24-mod_md 2.4.28-19.el8jbcs, jbcs-httpd24-mod_http2 2.0.29-13.el8jbcs, jbcs-httpd24-mod_security 2.9.6-19.el8jbcs, jbcs-httpd24-mod_jk 1.2.50-17.redhat_1.el8jbcs, jbcs-httpd24-mod_proxy_cluster 1.3.22-12.el8jbcs, jbcs-httpd24-mod_jk-ap24 1.2.50-17.redhat_1.el8jbcs
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
6 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami apache
<2.4.67
2.4.67

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.