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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities (USN-8931-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 367204

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8931-1 advisory.

discovered that Apache HTTP Server exposed WebDAV property information. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-58415)

 Zhen Kong and Charles Vosburgh discovered that Apache HTTP Server did not properly validate FTP server responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to make a forward proxy connect to an arbitrary host. (CVE-2026-63045)

 Hyojae Lee and Zhen Kong discovered that Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain HTTP requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
 (CVE-2026-63292)

 Lucian Nitescu and Zhen Kong discovered that Apache HTTP Server did not properly handle certain responses from backend servers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
 (CVE-2026-63686)

 Qing Xu discovered that Apache HTTP Server incorrectly interpreted HTTP responses from backend servers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform HTTP response smuggling attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-63718)

 Hyojae Lee discovered that Apache HTTP Server did not properly validate Digest authentication requests. A machine-in-the-middle attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication. (CVE-2026-73636)

 Zhen Kong and Darren Carreras discovered that Apache HTTP Server did not properly manage authentication requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-73637)

 Vlatko Kosturjak discovered that Apache HTTP Server did not properly enforce access restrictions for user directories. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.
 (CVE-2026-79768)

 Zhen Kong discovered that Apache HTTP Server did not properly handle certain WebDAV requests. An authenticated user could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or corrupt WebDAV property data. (CVE-2026-93546)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8931-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 367204

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8931-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/19/2026

Updated: 11/2/2026

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: 5.7

Percentile: 95.63

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-93546

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-event, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-itk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-prefork, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-worker, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-suexec-custom, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-suexec-pristine, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-suexec, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2.2-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-macro, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-md, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-proxy-html, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-proxy-uwsgi

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-58415, CVE-2026-63045, CVE-2026-63292, CVE-2026-63686, CVE-2026-63718, CVE-2026-73636, CVE-2026-73637, CVE-2026-79768, CVE-2026-93546

IAVA: 2026-A-1087

USN: 8931-1