CVE-2026-48005

unknown

EUVD alias: EUVD-2026-90892

Assigned by CNA: apache

Published 2026-10-01 · Modified 2026-10-01

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

Missing authentication checks in mod_auth_digest in Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.69 on all platforms allows an unauthenticated remote client to cause a denial of service (forced re-authentication) via forged Authorization headers when Digest authentication is enabled with AuthDigestNcCheck . Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.69, which fixes this issue.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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References

https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html

CWEs

CWE-306

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.