NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting httpd-tools package, versions <0:2.4.69-1.hum1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-HTTPDTOOLS-20412202
  • published3 Oct 2026
  • disclosed1 Oct 2026

Introduced: 1 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-63686  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 httpd-tools to version 0:2.4.69-1.hum1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:74858.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream httpd-tools package and not the httpd-tools package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

A NULL pointer dereference in mod_xml2enc in Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.69 on all platforms allows an untrusted backend server to cause a denial of service via a proxied response with a charset whose conversion partially succeeds then fails.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.69, which fixes this issue.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1