Crafted Requests Can Bypass Authentication in Apache HTTP Server's mod_proxy

CVE-2024-38473

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Key Information

Vendor: Apache
Status: Apache Http Server
Vendor: CVE Published:; 1 July 2024

Summary

Encoding problem in mod_proxy in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.59 and earlier allows request URLs with incorrect encoding to be sent to backend services, potentially bypassing authentication via crafted requests. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.60, which fixes this issue.

Affected Version(s)

Apache HTTP Server <= 2.4.59

Timeline

Vulnerability published.
Jul 1, 2024
Vulnerability Reserved.
Jun 17, 2024
reported
Apr 1, 2024

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

Orange Tsai (@orange_8361) from DEVCORE

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