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CVE-2024-38476

Apache HTTP Server may use exploitable/malicious backend application output to run local handlers via internal redirect

Public exploit available. Not confirmed exploited in the wild yet. A vendor fix is available.

CVSS 3.19.8CriticalEPSS percentile99th42% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
Public exploit: 1 sourceFixVendor fixNo build named by the sources
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OpenVAS · 62 checks

e.g. OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.114682

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Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, BDU

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What to do

The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP ServerAffected: ≥ 2.4.0, ≤ 2.4.59Upgrade to: after 2.4.59Stated by: CVE record
  • ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special EditionAffected: 1.6 «Смоленск»Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU
  • ООО «Ред Софт» РЕД ОСAffected: 7.3Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU
  • АО «НТЦ ИТ РОСА» РОСА КобальтAffected: 7.9Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU
  • АО «НТЦ ИТ РОСА» ROSA VirtualizationAffected: 2.1Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU

Versions as the sources state them. 2 more products have version data. Full version matrix after sign-in

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What it is

From the CVE record

Vulnerability in core of Apache HTTP Server 2.4.59 and earlier are vulnerably to information disclosure, SSRF or local script execution via backend applications whose response headers are malicious or exploitable. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.60, which fixes this issue.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS99th
Public exploit
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

1 source with a proof of concept or module.

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EPSS

42% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 99th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

The patch came 123 days before any public exploit.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. EPSS band changelow → moderate
  3. Public exploit / PoCsource: github-poc
  4. Patch availablerecord updated
  5. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

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Scale

How widely the affected products are used. This is not a count of vulnerable hosts.

Estimate Public sources, each figure dated. How much of it is already patched is not known.

Apache HTTP Server

Web

  • 21%of websites

    Among websites whose web server we know.

    W3Techs ↗ · as of 2 Nov 2026 · Medium confidence

Version split · W3Techs · as of 2 Nov 2026

  • 2.495%
  • 2.25.1%
  • 1<1%
  • 2.0<1%

Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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

Scored 9.8 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
  • User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
  • Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
  • Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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