Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness Affecting apache/httpd package, versions [2.4.7,2.4.66-rc1-candidate)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-APACHEHTTPD-14236495
  • published9 Dec 2025
  • disclosed5 Dec 2025
  • creditMattias Åsander

Introduced: 5 Dec 2025

NewCVE-2025-66200  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-305  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade apache/httpd to version 2.4.66-rc1-candidate or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness in mod_userdir, when suexec is enabled and AllowOverride FileInfo is set. An attacker who can modify the .htaccess file in a user directory can alter server behavior by causing CGI scripts to run as the wrong user.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1