Apache HTTP Server: OOB Read in `merge_response_headers` can cause crash
Priority LOW 36CWE-125Published · 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: 11 fixed, 3 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server with mod_headers and mod_mime and multiple response languages. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.0 through 2.4.67.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00545 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 16 advisoriesRed Hat: 11 fixed, 3 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 16 advisories
- RHSA-2026:67152 Released 2026-09-14 · Red Hat rating Importanthttpd security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) httpd-2.4.53-11.el9_2.15, httpd-core-2.4.53-11.el9_2.15, mod_ldap-2.4.53-11.el9_2.15 +2
- RHSA-2026:66323 Released 2026-09-10 · Red Hat rating Importanthttpd security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4) httpd-2.4.57-11.el9_4.5, httpd-core-2.4.57-11.el9_4.5, mod_ldap-2.4.57-11.el9_4.5 +2
- RHSA-2026:62165 Released 2026-09-01 · Red Hat rating Importanthttpd security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) httpd-2.4.62-4.el9_6.6, httpd-core-2.4.62-4.el9_6.6, httpd-devel-2.4.62-4.el9_6.6 +8
Show 13 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2026:59387 Released 2026-08-25 · Red Hat rating Moderatemod_http2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) mod_http2-2.0.26-6.el9_8.2
- RHSA-2026:56868 Released 2026-08-19 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.62 SP5 security update
- Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 8 jbcs-httpd24-httpd-2.4.62-16.el8jbcs, jbcs-httpd24-httpd-devel-2.4.62-16.el8jbcs, jbcs-httpd24-httpd-manual-2.4.62-16.el8jbcs +7
- RHSA-2026:56869 Released 2026-08-19 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.62 SP5 security update
- Red Hat JBoss Core Services 2.4.62.SP5
- RHSA-2026:55992 Released 2026-08-18 · Red Hat rating Importantmod_http2 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4) mod_http2-2.0.26-2.el9_4.3
- RHSA-2026:55930 Released 2026-08-18 · Red Hat rating Importantmod_http2 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) mod_http2-1.15.19-4.el9_2.8
- RHSA-2026:53371 Released 2026-08-11 · Red Hat rating ImportantInsights proxy Container Image
- Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5 registry.redhat.io/insights-proxy/insights-proxy-container-rhel9
- RHSA-2026:50572 Released 2026-08-05 · Red Hat rating Importantmod_http2 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) mod_http2-2.0.26-4.el9_6.2
- RHSA-2026:50538 Released 2026-08-05 · Red Hat rating Importantmod_http2 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) mod_http2-2.0.29-2.el10_0.2
- RHSA-2026:42828 Released 2026-07-21 · Red Hat rating Importanthttpd:2.4 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) httpd-2.4.37-65.module+el8.10.0+24521+219dcfc5.9.aarch64::httpd:2.4, httpd-2.4.37-65.module+el8.10.0+24521+219dcfc5.9.ppc64le::httpd:2.4, httpd-2.4.37-65.module+el8.10.0+24521+219dcfc5.9.s390x::httpd:2.4 +38
- RHSA-2026:41906 Released 2026-07-20 · Red Hat rating Importanthttpd security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) httpd-2.4.62-13.el9_8.5, httpd-core-2.4.62-13.el9_8.5, httpd-devel-2.4.62-13.el9_8.5 +8
- RHSA-2026:34355 Released 2026-07-01 · Red Hat rating Moderatemod_http2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) mod_http2-2.0.29-4.el10_2.2
- RHSA-2026:34109 Released 2026-07-01 · Red Hat rating Importanthttpd security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) httpd-2.4.63-13.el10_2.4, httpd-core-2.4.63-13.el10_2.4, httpd-devel-2.4.63-13.el10_2.4 +8
- RHSA-2026:25042 Released 2026-06-10 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- Red Hat Hardened Images httpd-2.4.68-1.hum1@aarch64, httpd-2.4.68-1.hum1@src, httpd-2.4.68-1.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 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Core Services | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:34109, RHSA-2026:34355 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:42828 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:41906, RHSA-2026:59387 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:55930, RHSA-2026:67152 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:55992, RHSA-2026:66323 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:50538 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:50572, RHSA-2026:62165 |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | Fixed | RHSA-2026:25042 |
| Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:53371 |
| Red Hat JBoss Core Services 2.4.62.SP5 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:56869 |
| Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:56868 |
Not affected: 6 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
- Red Hat Hardened Images
- Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-43951
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4qxr-h6g3-8f95
- 2026-10-09 Fix available: RHSA-2026:56869 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-09 Fix available: Red Hat JBoss Core Services 2.4.62.SP5 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-16 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile
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-2026-43951 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-43951 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4qxr-h6g3-8f95 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-43951 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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