Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities
Summary
Bartlomiej Dmitruk and Stanislaw Strzalkowski discovered that Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain memory operations when using the HTTP/2 protocol. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Apache HTTP Server to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-23918) It was discovered that the Apache HTTP Server mod_rewrite module incorrectly handled certain privileges. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-24072) Andrew Lacambra, Elhanan Haenel, Tianshuo Han, and Tristan Madani discovered that the Apache HTTP Server mod_proxy_ajp module incorrectly handled certain AJP server messages. An attacker in control of a backend AJP server could use this issue to cause Apache HTTP Server to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-28780) Pavel Kohout discovered that Apache HTTP Server did not properly limit resource allocation in mod_md when processing OCSP response data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-29168) Pavel Kohout discovered that the Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain memory operations in mod_dav_lock. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Apache HTTP Server to crash, resulting in a denial of servic Affected Ubuntu releases: 26.04, 25.10, 24.04, 22.04. CVEs: CVE-2026-28780, CVE-2026-33523, CVE-2026-33857, CVE-2026-34032, CVE-2026-23918, CVE-2026-24072, CVE-2026-29169, CVE-2026-29168….
- Ubuntu 26.04
- Ubuntu 25.10
- Ubuntu 24.04
- Ubuntu 22.04
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Mitigation checklist
- Apply available updates: `sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade` (a standard system update installs the fix).
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
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