CVE-2026-48005

highpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.006 · 47 %ileDEUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.56% (47th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

10 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cert_bund · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Missing authentication checks in mod_auth_digest in Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.69 on all platforms allows an unauthenticated remote client to cause a denial of service (forced re-authentication) via forged Authorization headers when Digest authentication is enabled with AuthDigestNcCheck . Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.69, which fixes this issue.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-306US

affected products (10)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
IBM HTTP Serverall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:http_server:-
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
RESF Rocky Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:resf:rocky_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Apache HTTP Server< 2.4.69cert_bundDE
apache http server2.4.0 → 2.4.69nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami apache2.4.0 → 2.4.69osvUSpkg:bitnami/apache

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-3703Apache HTTP Server: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-10-01csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apache HTTP Server ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, die Authentifizierung zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, Daten zu manipulieren oder Denial-of-Service-Zustände zu verursachen.
BIT-apache-2026-48005Apache HTTP Server: mod_auth_digest reauthentication attack2026-10-05vendor · osvUS
Missing authentication checks in mod_auth_digest in Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.69 on all platforms allows an unauthenticated remote client to cause a denial of service (forced re-authentication) via forged Authorization headers when Digest authentication is enabled with AuthDigestNcCheck . Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.69, which fixes this issue.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cert_bund nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-10-01modified 2026-10-06

references (2) nvd

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/01/15Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.htmlVendor Advisory

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