CVE-2024-38476 (GCVE-0-2024-38476)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-01 18:15 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:55
VLAI
Title
Apache HTTP Server may use exploitable/malicious backend application output to run local handlers via internal redirect
Summary
Vulnerability in core of Apache HTTP Server 2.4.59 and earlier are vulnerably to information disclosure, SSRF or local script execution via backend applications whose response headers are malicious or exploitable. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.60, which fixes this issue.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-829 - Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server Affected: 2.4.0 , ≤ 2.4.59 (semver)
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apache http_server Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.4.59 (custom)
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Credits
Orange Tsai (@orange_8361) from DEVCORE
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