CVE-2026-24072

high

Published 2026-05-04 · Modified 2026-05-04

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CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Windows Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.4.67-1~deb13u2`
sid	Fixed	`2.4.67-1`
forky	Fixed	`2.4.67-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.4.67-1~deb11u1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.4.67-1~deb12u2`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
apache	http_server	`{"endExcluding":"2.4.67"}`	`2.4.67`

References

CWEs

CWE-269

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

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