Use After Free Affecting apache/httpd package, versions [2.4.55,2.4.68)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-APACHEHTTPD-17394052
  • published22 Jun 2026
  • disclosed8 Jun 2026
  • creditSam Lovejoy

Introduced: 8 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-48913  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade apache/httpd to version 2.4.68 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free in the mod_http2 module when file handles are exhausted. An attacker can cause memory corruption and potentially execute arbitrary code or crash the server by making requests that trigger the reuse of freed memory.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1