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High [CVE-2026-24072] escalation of privilege bug in various modules in Apache HTTP 2.4.66 and earlier

This high-severity Apache Software Foundation advisory covers CVE-2026-24072 affecting Apache HTTP, httpd.

CVE-2026-24072 Published May 4, 2026Updated by vendor Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2026-24072

Affected products & platforms

Apache Software FoundationHTTP Server

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Summary

An escalation of privilege bug in various modules in Apache HTTP 2.4.66 and earlier allows local.htaccess authors to read files with the privileges of the httpd user.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.67, which fixes this issue.

Affected versions

2.4.66

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Fixed versions

2.4.67

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Mitigation

Upgrade to a fixed release: 2.4.67. That is the remediation for this advisory.

The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.

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Sources

Official and corroborating records used to build this advisory.

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Independent discovery and scoring cross-reference. Vendor remediation guidance takes precedence. Discovered from the machine-readable feed https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0; this link opens the NVD record for CVE-2026-24072 instead of the raw feed document.
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Official resources

Apache HTTP Server 2.4 vulnerabilities (official fixed-in table) (target: 2.4.67)
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This advisory names 2.4.67 as the first fixed release — official upgrade documentation for Apache HTTP Server 2.4 vulnerabilities (official fixed-in table).
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