Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.69, which fixes this issue.
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| Apache Software Foundation | Apache HTTP Server | unaffected |
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| https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html |
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Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | A NULL pointer dereference in mod_xml2enc in Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.69 on all platforms allows an untrusted backend server to cause a denial of service via a proxied response with a charset whose conversion partially succeeds then fails. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.69, which fixes this issue. | |
| Title | Apache HTTP Server: mod_xml2enc crash on charset conversion failure | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-476 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: apache
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-01T16:20:14.360Z
Reserved: 2026-07-17T16:04:47.692Z
Link: CVE-2026-63686
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-01T17:17:29.923
Modified: 2026-10-01T17:17:29.923
Link: CVE-2026-63686
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CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference