RHEL 8 : httpd:2.4 (RHSA-2026:0011)

high Nessus Plugin ID 281661

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for httpd:2.4.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:0011 advisory.

The httpd packages provide the Apache HTTP Server, a powerful, efficient, and extensible web server.

Security Fix(es):

* mod_md: Apache HTTP Server: mod_md (ACME), unintended retry intervals (CVE-2025-55753)

* httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Server Side Includes adds query string to #exec cmd=... (CVE-2025-58098)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL httpd:2.4 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:0011.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 281661

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-0011.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 1/5/2026

Updated: 1/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-58098

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_http2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_ssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-manual, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_session, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_md, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_proxy_html, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/4/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-55753, CVE-2025-58098

CWE: 190, 201

RHSA: 2026:0011

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