CVE-2026-42356 — Apache HTTP Server: limited RCE for some internal redirects to non-CGI files in CGI directories

CVE-2026-42356

Apache HTTP Server: limited RCE for some internal redirects to non-CGI files in CGI directories PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

Deployment of wrong handler vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server allows the target of some internal redirects from CGI programs to also be treated as CGI and executed. The target must already be in a directory enabled for CGI and have no other extension understood by mod_mime. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.60 through 2.4.68.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation / Apache HTTP Server	affected 2.4.60 through 2.4.68

CWE

CWE-430

References

https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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CVE

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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/01/11