Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting apache/httpd package, versions [2.4.30,2.4.67)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.63% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-APACHEHTTPD-16424103
  • published6 May 2026
  • disclosed5 May 2026
  • creditPavel Kohout

Introduced: 5 May 2026

CVE-2026-29168  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade apache/httpd to version 2.4.67 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in the mod_md process when handling OCSP response data. An attacker can exhaust system resources by sending specially crafted OCSP responses.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1