CVE-2021-40438

high KEV
Published 2021-12-01 · Modified 2022-01-26
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
9.5

Description

Important: httpd:2.4 security update

CISA KEV

Vendor
Apache
Product
Apache
Due date
2021-12-15

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
99%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2021-3816.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cisa-kev — https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40438

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: rocky — https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:3816

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: rocky — https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:4537

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: rocky — https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLBA-2021:4604

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-40438.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-40438

Exploits

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.4.49-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.4.51-1~deb11u1
debian debianforkyfixed2.4.49-1
debian debiansidfixed2.4.49-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.4.49-1
arch archfixed2.4.49-1
suse slesaffected
rockylinux rocky8fixed

References

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