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ubuntu-cve-2026-54789

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2026-08-21 16:17

Modified

2026-09-02 16:20

Summary

Details

mod_auth_openidc is an OpenID Certified authentication and authorization module for the Apache 2.x HTTP server that implements the OpenID Connect Relying Party functionality. Prior to 2.4.19.4, an out-of-bounds read and a one-byte out-of-bounds write exist in the state-cookie parser of mod_auth_openidc. The issue is fixed in version 2.4.19.4 by stopping the scan at the string terminator so a value-less token is rejected. No in-product workarounds are available. As a stop-gap, an upstream reverse proxy or WAF that rejects or normalizes malformed Cookie headers (tokens lacking =) can reduce exposure, but upgrading is the recommended remediation.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-54789	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-54789	REPORT
	https://github.com/OpenIDC/mod_auth_openidc/secur…	REPORT

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CVE-2026-54789 (GCVE-0-2026-54789)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-21 16:13 – Updated: 2026-09-02 19:06

Title

mod_auth_openidc has out-of-bounds read and write in state cookie parsing

Summary

mod_auth_openidc is an OpenID Certified authentication and authorization module for the Apache 2.x HTTP server that implements the OpenID Connect Relying Party functionality. Prior to 2.4.19.4, an out-of-bounds read and a one-byte out-of-bounds write exist in the state-cookie parser of `mod_auth_openidc`. The issue is fixed in version 2.4.19.4 by stopping the scan at the string terminator so a value-less token is rejected. No in-product workarounds are available. As a stop-gap, an upstream reverse proxy or WAF that rejects or normalizes malformed `Cookie` headers (tokens lacking `=`) can reduce exposure, but upgrading is the recommended remediation.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-21 17:23 UTC

CWE

CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read
CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/OpenIDC/mod_auth_openidc/secur…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/OpenIDC/mod_auth_openidc/commi…	x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
OpenIDC	mod_auth_openidc	Affected: < 2.4.19.4

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