CVE-2026-24072

Publication date 5 May 2026

Last updated 13 May 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
apache2	26.04 LTS resolute	Fixed 2.4.66-2ubuntu2.1
	25.10 questing	Fixed 2.4.64-1ubuntu3.4
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 2.4.58-1ubuntu8.12
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2.4.52-1ubuntu4.20
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
apache2	Upstream: 05e6c50

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.8 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-8239-1
Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities
6 May 2026

USN-8396-1
Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities
8 June 2026

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24072