Apache HTTP Server: multiple modules: HTTP response splitting forwarding malicious status line
Priority LOW 35CWE-443Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 fixed, 5 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
HTTP response splitting vulnerability in multiple Apache HTTP Server modules with untrusted or compromised backend servers. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from through 2.4.66. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.67, which fixes the issue.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00436 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 3 advisoriesRed Hat: 3 fixed, 5 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
Remediation
Red Hat 3 advisories
- RHSA-2026:73076 Released 2026-09-29 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.62 SP6 security update
- Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 8 jbcs-httpd24-httpd-2.4.62-17.el8jbcs, jbcs-httpd24-httpd-devel-2.4.62-17.el8jbcs, jbcs-httpd24-httpd-manual-2.4.62-17.el8jbcs +12
- RHSA-2026:73077 Released 2026-09-29 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.62 SP6 security update
- Red Hat JBoss Core Services 2.4.62.SP6
- RHSA-2026:17080 Released 2026-05-13 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- Red Hat Hardened Images httpd-2.4.67-1.hum1@aarch64, httpd-2.4.67-1.hum1@src, httpd-2.4.67-1.hum1@x86_64 +10
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | Fixed | RHSA-2026:17080 |
| Red Hat JBoss Core Services 2.4.62.SP6 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:73077 |
| Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:73076 |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Hardened Images
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-33523
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fc75-39v4-qm5p
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
More Apache Http Server vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-18535 Path Traversal and Remote Code Execution in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.49 and 2.4.50 (incomplete fix of CVE-2021-41773) KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-18417 Path traversal and file disclosure vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.49 KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-25716 Apache HTTP Server weakness in mod_rewrite when first segment of substitution matches filesystem path. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2021-17490 mod_proxy SSRF KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
- TI-2019-00184 Use after free in Apache HTTP Server KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2009-03392 The TLS protocol, and the SSL protocol 3.0 and possibly earlier, as used in Microsoft… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-33523 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-33523 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fc75-39v4-qm5p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-33523 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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