RHEL 10 : httpd (RHSA-2026:47046)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 330344

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:47046 advisory.

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

Security Fix(es):

* httpd: incomplete fix for CVE-2023-38709 (CVE-2024-42516)

* httpd: mod_proxy_ajp: heap-based buffer over-read and memory disclosure in ajp_parse_data() (CVE-2026-34059)

* httpd: mod_proxy_ajp: heap-based buffer over-read due to missing null-termination check (CVE-2026-34032)

* httpd: mod_proxy_ajp: off-by-one out-of-bounds reads in AJP getter functions (CVE-2026-33857)

* httpd: NULL pointer dereference via specially crafted request (CVE-2026-29169)

* httpd: mod_authn_socache: NULL pointer dereference can cause a child process crash (CVE-2026-33007)

* Apache HTTP Server: mod_proxy_ajp: Apache HTTP Server mod_proxy_ajp: Arbitrary code execution via heap- based buffer overflow (CVE-2026-28780)

* httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Heap-based Buffer Overflow via malicious backend servers (CVE-2026-34356)

* httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Buffer Over-read via outbound OCSP requests to attacker-controlled server (CVE-2026-44185)

* httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Denial of Service via crafted regular expressions (CVE-2026-44631)

* httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Heap-based Buffer Overflow via untrusted content in mod_xml2enc (CVE-2026-42536)

* httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Buffer overflow in mod_proxy_html allows security bypass (CVE-2026-34355)

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 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:47046.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 330344

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-47046.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/28/2026

Updated: 7/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.05

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44631

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-manual, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:httpd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_lua, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_proxy_html, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_session, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_ssl

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: 7/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-42516, CVE-2026-28780, CVE-2026-29169, CVE-2026-33007, CVE-2026-33857, CVE-2026-34032, CVE-2026-34059, CVE-2026-34355, CVE-2026-34356, CVE-2026-42536, CVE-2026-44185, CVE-2026-44631

CWE: 120, 124, 125, 126, 170, 476, 787, 93

RHSA: 2026:47046

Detections

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