CVE-2024-38473
HIGH8.1EPSS 88.4%Apache HTTP Server proxy encoding problem
Published: 7/1/2024Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Encoding problem in mod_proxy in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.59 and earlier allows request URLs with incorrect encoding to be sent to backend services, potentially bypassing authentication via crafted requests. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.60, which fixes this issue.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/apache2from 0, < 2.4.60-r0
- Bitnami/apache>= 2.4.0, < 2.4.60
- Debian/apache2from 0, < 2.4.61-1~deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
References (6)
- ADVISORYhttps://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-38473
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-38473
- WEBhttps://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
- WEBhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38473
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240712-0001/
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/01/6