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Amazon Linux 2 : httpd (ALAS-2026-4114)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 379870
Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
The version of httpd installed on the remote host is prior to 2.4.71-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-4114 advisory.mod_md NULL pointer dereference leads to child process crash (CVE-2026-106023)
mod_vhost_alias 1 byte stack buffer overwrite (after CVE-2026-63292) (CVE-2026-109163)
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server's mod_http2 in assign_headers() can lead to RCE. (CVE-2026-119618)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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
Run 'yum update httpd' or or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2-2026-4114' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2/ALAS2-2026-4114.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html
https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-106023.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 379870
File Name: al2_ALAS-2026-4114.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Published: 11/12/2026
Updated: 11/13/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.9
Percentile: 99.33
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-119618
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:httpd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:httpd-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:httpd-manual, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:httpd-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:httpd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mod_http2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mod_ldap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mod_md, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mod_proxy_html, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mod_session, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mod_ssl
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-106023, CVE-2026-109163, CVE-2026-119618
IAVA: 2026-A-1295