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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-24072

high Nessus Plugin ID 312215

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - An escalation of privilege bug in various modules in Apache HTTP 2.4.66 and earlier allows local .htaccess authors to read files with the privileges of the httpd user. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.67, which fixes this issue. (CVE-2026-24072)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-24072

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-24072

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 312215

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_24072.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 5/5/2026

Updated: 5/14/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-24072

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_http2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-tools, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_md, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:httpd-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mod_session, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:httpd-core, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_lua, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_ldap, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-manual, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:httpd-manual, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mod_proxy_html, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_ssl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mod_md, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_session, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mod_http2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mod_ssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_proxy_html, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:httpd-filesystem, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:httpd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mod_ldap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mod_lua, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-core

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-24072