CVE-2026-24072

high

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

CVSS v3

8.8

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

CVSS v2

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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

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-24072.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@apache.org — https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-24072

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2.4.67-1~deb12u2`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2.4.67-1~deb11u1`
debian	forky	fixed	`2.4.67-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`2.4.67-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2.4.67-1~deb13u2`
sles		affected

Application impact

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

References

CWEs

CWE-269

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