CVE-2026-24072

Public on 2026-05-04

Modified on 2026-05-06

Description

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.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

5.5

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory	Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	httpd			Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023	httpd			Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2026-24072 Mitre: CVE-2026-24072