TI-2001-00849 Aliases CVE-2001-0892 GHSA-73r4-pggg-5f69

Acme Thttpd Secure Webserver before 2.22, with the chroot option enabled, allows remote…

LOW 27CWE-668Published 2002-02-02 · Updated 2024-08-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · None · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-668 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Acme Thttpd Secure Webserver before 2.22, with the chroot option enabled, allows remote attackers to view sensitive files under the document root (such as .htpasswd) via a GET request with a trailing /.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01859 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:acme:thttpd::::::::	up to 2.22	Vulnerable	ACME

cpe:2.3:a:acme:thttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.22 Vulnerable ·ACME

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2001-0892
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-73r4-pggg-5f69

References

Advisory 1

20011113 Cgisecurity.com Advisory #6: thttpd and mini_http Permission bypass vuln

Other 1

http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/

TI-2009-04252 thttpd 2.25b0 writes data to a log file without sanitizing non-printable characters… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2003-00821 Buffer overflow in defang in libhttpd.c for thttpd 2.21 to 2.23b1 allows remote attackers… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2001-01444 Off-by-one buffer overflow in Basic Authentication in Acme Labs thttpd 1.95 through 2.20… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2017-12928 The htpasswd implementation of mini_httpd before v1.28 and of thttpd before v2.28 is… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2007-00153 thttpd 2007 has buffer underflow. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2012-04741 thttpd has a local DoS vulnerability via specially-crafted .htpasswd files CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5

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Sources

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