CVE-2026-63686

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 40 %ileDEFRUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.46% (40th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

10 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cert_bund · nvd · osv · certfr

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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

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-476US

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 (3)

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-2026-63686Apache HTTP Server: mod_xml2enc crash on charset conversion failure2026-10-06vendor · osvUS
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.
CERTFR-2026-AVI-1376Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'UbuntuFrançais2026-10-23vendor · certfrFR

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cert_bund nvd osv certfr NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-10-01modified 2026-10-05

references (2) nvd

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/01/25Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.htmlVendor Advisory

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