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TI-2022-23897 Aliases CVE-2022-48279GHSA-6fhx-fm6h-hpxq

In ModSecurity before 2.9.6 and 3.x before 3.0.8, HTTP multipart requests were…

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-436Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 3 fixed, 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

In ModSecurity before 2.9.6 and 3.x before 3.0.8, HTTP multipart requests were incorrectly parsed and could bypass the Web Application Firewall. NOTE: this is related to CVE-2022-39956 but can be considered independent changes to the ModSecurity (C language) codebase.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01223 68th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 3 fixed, 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:owasp:modsecurity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.0 to before 3.0.8Vulnerableowasp-modsecurity
cpe:2.3:a:trustwave:modsecurity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.9.6VulnerableTrustwave
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:owasp:modsecurity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 to before 3.0.8 Vulnerable ·owasp-modsecurity
  • cpe:2.3:a:trustwave:modsecurity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.9.6 Vulnerable ·Trustwave
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2023:4629 Released 2023-08-15 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.57 security update
    • Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 Server jbcs-httpd24-apr-1.7.0-8.el7jbcs, jbcs-httpd24-apr-devel-1.7.0-8.el7jbcs, jbcs-httpd24-curl-8.2.1-1.el7jbcs +12
    • Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 8 jbcs-httpd24-apr-1.7.0-8.el8jbcs, jbcs-httpd24-apr-devel-1.7.0-8.el8jbcs, jbcs-httpd24-curl-8.2.1-1.el8jbcs +12
  • RHSA-2023:4628 Released 2023-08-15 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.57 security update
    • Red Hat JBoss Core Services 2.4.57

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Software CollectionsAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 2.4.57Fixed RHSA-2023:4628
Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 ServerFixed RHSA-2023:4629
Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2023:4629
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 Server
  • Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 8

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-48279
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6fhx-fm6h-hpxq
  3. 2026-10-09 Fix available: RHSA-2023:4628 · Red Hat
  4. 2026-11-08 Fix available: Red Hat JBoss Core Services 2.4.57 · Red Hat

References

Patch 2

Advisory 6

Other 1

Sources

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