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.
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Description 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.
Title Apache HTTP Server: mod_xml2enc crash on charset conversion failure
Weaknesses CWE-476
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-01T16:20:14.360Z

Reserved: 2026-07-17T16:04:47.692Z

Link: CVE-2026-63686

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-01T17:17:29.923

Modified: 2026-10-01T17:17:29.923

Link: CVE-2026-63686

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Updated: 2026-10-01T18:15:10Z

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