CVE-2026-48005— Apache HTTP Server: mod_auth_digest reauthentication attack
Quick assessment
Affected
Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
Recommended action
Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.
Apache HTTP Server 2.4.69 之前版本中，mod_auth_digest 模块存在身份验证检查缺失漏洞。在所有平台上，当启用 Digest 认证并配置 AuthDigestNcCheck 时，未经身份验证的远程客户端可通过伪造 Authorization 请求头触发强制重新认证，从而导致拒绝服务（DoS）。 建议用户升级至 2.4.69 版本，该版本已修复此问题。
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Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
Apache HTTP Server: mod_auth_digest reauthentication attack
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
Missing authentication checks in mod_auth_digest in Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.69 on all platforms allows an unauthenticated remote client to cause a denial of service (forced re-authentication) via forged Authorization headers when Digest authentication is enabled with AuthDigestNcCheck .
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.69, which fixes this issue.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
关键功能的认证机制缺失
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions | CPE | Subscribe |
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| Apache Software Foundation | Apache HTTP Server | 2.4.0 ~ 2.4.68 | - |
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Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-48005 (1)
Same Patch Batch · Apache Software Foundation · 2026-10-01 · 28 CVEs total
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| CVE-2026-94212 | 6.4 MEDIUM | Apache APISIX: unauthenticated impersonation issue in saml-auth |
| CVE-2026-94269 | 6.3 MEDIUM | Apache APISIX: Servlet-style normalization creates a route/upstream authorization mismatch |
| CVE-2026-78242 | 5.7 MEDIUM | Apache APISIX: data-mask may fail to redact request headers in logger output |
| CVE-2026-82806 | 5.3 MEDIUM | Apache APISIX: cross-request permission pollution via static permission list mutation |
| CVE-2026-94276 | 5.1 MEDIUM | Apache APISIX: Openid-connect introspection validation issue |
| CVE-2026-94220 | 2.1 LOW | Apache APISIX: session fixation issue in feishu-auth and dingtalk-auth plugin |
| CVE-2026-56154 | Apache HTTP Server: mod_rewrite use-after-free via %{LA-U:HTTP:...} | |
| CVE-2026-42528 | Apache HTTP Server: mod_dav shared lock overflow | |
| CVE-2026-42356 | Apache HTTP Server: limited RCE for some internal redirects to non-CGI files in CGI direct | |
| CVE-2026-46729 | Apache HTTP Server: mod_heartmonitor denial of service | |
| CVE-2026-47360 | Apache HTTP Server: mod_session: Session cookie not removed during internal redirect | |
| CVE-2026-56153 | Apache HTTP Server: mod_charset_lite: Heap overflow in finish_partial_char | |
| CVE-2026-63686 | Apache HTTP Server: mod_xml2enc crash on charset conversion failure | |
| CVE-2026-56449 | Apache HTTP Server: mod_proxy_html: crash in dump_content | |
| CVE-2026-57941 | Apache HTTP Server: mod_http2 use-after-free / wild write via shared session->bbtmp re-ent | |
| CVE-2026-58415 | Apache HTTP Server: mod_dav_fs property database read access | |
| CVE-2026-59685 | Apache HTTP Server: Out-of-Bounds Write in ap_directory_walk() Canonical-Name Rewrite on C | |
| CVE-2026-59797 | Apache HTTP Server: mod_ssl SSLRequire allows .htaccess ap_expr file-function |
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