CVE-2026-42356

Apache HTTP Server: limited RCE for some internal redirects to non-CGI files in CGI directories

At a glance

Severity: LOW 3.7
EPSS: EPSS 0.42 % · percentile 36 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2026-10-01
Updated: 2026-10-01
Assigner: apache
NVD status: Analyzed

Description

Deployment of wrong handler vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server allows the target of some internal redirects from CGI programs to also be treated as CGI and executed. The target must already be in a directory enabled for CGI and have no other extension understood by mod_mime. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.60 through 2.4.68.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	LOW 3.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N	CISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1	LOW 3.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N	NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-430

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-90886
GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-42356

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2026-AVI-1248 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Apache HTTP Server · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 2.4.0 < 2.4.69

Affected products

Product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation · Apache HTTP Server	affected 2.4.60 ≤ 2.4.68

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD