Medium5.5Red Hat & Ubuntu Linux

Privilege Escalation via .htaccess file manipulation

CVE-2026-24072 Published May 4, 2026

CVE-2026-24072

Affected products & platforms

Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified

Summary

Privilege Escalation via .htaccess file manipulation. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 5.5). Weakness: CWE-73. Affected package(s): httpd-main. Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:13938 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).

Affected versions

httpd-main-2.4.67-0.1.hum1

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Fixed versions

RHSA-2026:13938

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Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:13938 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).

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