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.
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Title Apache HTTP Server: limited RCE for some internal redirects to non-CGI files in CGI directories
Weaknesses CWE-430
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-01T20:09:17.981Z

Reserved: 2026-04-26T14:13:01.898Z

Link: CVE-2026-42356

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-01T20:09:17.981Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-01T16:17:43.790

Modified: 2026-10-01T21:17:20.497

Link: CVE-2026-42356

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-01T19:15:12Z

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