CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-73636
8.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-10-01
- Last modified
- 2026-10-05
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-294
Description
Authentication bypass by capture-replay in mod_auth_digest in Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server 2.4.x on all platforms allows a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacker to replay captured digest authentication credentials via crafted requests that trigger garbage collection of the client's shared memory entry when AuthDigestNonceLifetime is set to 0.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.69, which fixes this issue.
Affected configurations
• apache http server (>= 2.4.0 < 2.4.69)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-294 Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay weakness
References
- https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/01/27 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory