{"id":"CVE-2026-42356","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-42356","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:57:48.152Z","title":"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.","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.\n\n\n\nThis issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.60 through 2.4.68.","published":"2026-10-01T16:17:44.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-06T14:07:22.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":3.7,"severity":"LOW","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-430"],"affected":["apache/http server"],"epss":{"score":0.00422,"percentile":0.36259,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-02","score":0.00228,"percentile":0.12323}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"scored","label":"Newly scored","at":"2026-10-01T19:30:08.000Z","detail":{"from":null,"score":"3.7","severity":"LOW","fromSeverity":null},"summary":"Now scored CVSS 3.7 LOW."},{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-01T16:17:44.000Z","detail":{"score":null,"severity":null,"publishedAt":"2026-10-01T16:17:43.790Z"},"summary":"New CVE, low severity (CVSS 3.7)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/01/11","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42356","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}