CVE-2026-42356

Publication date 1 October 2026

Last updated 11 November 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.7 · Low

Score breakdown

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
apache2 26.10 stonking
Vulnerable
26.04 LTS resolute
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Patch details

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Package Patch details
apache2

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 3.7 · Low

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-9090-1
    • Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities
    • 12 November 2026

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