HighCVE-2026-49975

    Apache HTTP Server: mod_http2 denial of service (CVE-2026-49975)

    Published Last modified Sources: SUSE, BSI, Debian, OSV, Ubuntu, Red Hat, CVE.org, Debian LTS, Msrc Update Guide, Fortinet PSIRT

    What is affected, what to do

    Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server's mod_http leads to denial of service via malicious HTTP requests. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.17 through 2.4.67.

    An exploit is publicly available. Update http_server to version 2.4.68, QRadar SIEM to version 7.6.0.3.

    Affected
    • Apache HTTP Server lte 2.4.17..2.4.67

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    Metrics

    7.5

    Priority

    XIEM Effective CVSS: highest available CVSS rating from NVD and vendor data.

    Source: NVD, CVSS v3

    7.5

    CVSS v3

    Severity High on the scale from 0 to 10.

    Source: SUSE, BSI, Debian, OSV, Ubuntu, Red Hat, CVE.org, Debian LTS, Msrc Update Guide, Fortinet PSIRT

    33.0 %

    EPSS score

    Elevated — model estimates 10-50% exploitation likelihood.

    Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 98.4

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    Severity
    High
    Priority (0–325)

    The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first?

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    133.36 Methodology
    Exploit maturity

    An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack.

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    PoC (publicly reported)
    XIEM Effective CVSS

    XIEM® is the tiered managed-security operating model from NEOSEC and a registered trademark of NEOSEC GmbH. It extends classic SIEM — the central collection, normalisation and correlation of security-relevant events — with endpoint forensics, network visibility and deception technology, and consolidates them into three building tiers: Sentry, Orchestrate and Command.

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    7.5 Methodology
    CVSS v3

    CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.

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    7.5
    EPSS score

    The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“.

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    33.0 %
    Elevated — model estimates 10-50% exploitation likelihood.
    EPSS percentile

    The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking.

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    98.4
    Critical — this CVE ranks in the top fifth of all CVEs scored today (rank ≥ 80%).
    KEV status

    The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching.

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    Published
    CISA assessment (SSVC)
    Exploitation: proof of concept · automatable · Technical impact: partial
    Source: CISA Vulnrichment, as of 18 June 2026
    CWE

    CWE is a catalogue of typical weakness types in software and hardware — such as flawed input validation, unsafe memory handling or poor authentication. Where a CVE names a concrete vulnerability in a concrete product, a CWE describes the underlying class of defect.

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    CWE-789

    Detection rules

    No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.

    Classification under NIS2 and CRA

    Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.

    NIS2

    NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management.

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    High technical severity: assess and remediate the vulnerability in vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2 and document the decision.
    CRA

    The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates.

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    From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
    ISO/IEC 27001

    ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security.

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    Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.

    Description

    Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server's mod_http leads to denial of service via malicious HTTP requests. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.17 through 2.4.67.

    Source: suse_csaf, BSI WID Portal, BSI CSAF, Debian Security Advisories, OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities), Ubuntu Security Notices, redhat_csaf, cvelistv5, NVD (NIST), CVE.org (MITRE), Debian LTS Advisories, Microsoft Security Update Guide, fortinet_rss

    Affected products

    The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.

    Affected products
    Affected versionsFixed in
    Apache Software FoundationApache HTTP Server
    • 2.4.17 – ≤ 2.4.67
    • —
    apachehttp_server
    • 2.4.17 – < 2.4.68
    • 2.4.68
    IBMQRadar SIEM
    • < 7.6.0.3
    • <7.5.0 UP16 IF01
    • 7.6.0.3
    • —
    OracleSolaris
    • <11.3 ESU 36.36
    • <11.4 SRU 94
    • —
    • —

    Vendors and products

    Affected operating systems

    Affected operating systems
    Linuxdebianapache2bookworm
    Linuxdebianapache2bullseye
    Linuxdebianapache2trixie
    Linuxdebiandebian_linux11.0

    Weakness classes (CWE)

    • CWE-789Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value

      Variant

      The product allocates memory based on an untrusted, large size value, but it does not ensure that the size is within expected limits, allowing arbitrary amounts of memory to be allocated.

      Entry at MITRE CWE-789

    Public exploit references

    Publicly reported proof-of-concepts, exploit modules and detection templates for this vulnerability. NEOSEC links to the original sources only and does not provide any exploit code.

    Public exploit references
    PoC-in-GitHub (nomi-sec)POC-CVE-2026-49975 (opens in a new tab)github.comPoC (publicly reported)reported, not verified
    PoC-in-GitHub (nomi-sec)http2-bomb (opens in a new tab)github.comPoC (publicly reported)reported, not verified
    PoC-in-GitHub (nomi-sec)CVE-2026-49975 (opens in a new tab)github.comPoC (publicly reported)reported, not verified
    PoC-in-GitHub (nomi-sec)http2-bomb-analysis-paper (opens in a new tab)github.comPoC (publicly reported)reported, not verified
    PoC-in-GitHub (nomi-sec)http2-bomb-detector (opens in a new tab)github.comPoC (publicly reported)reported, not verified
    PoC-in-GitHub (nomi-sec)CVE-2026-49975 (opens in a new tab)github.comPoC (publicly reported)reported, not verified
    PoC-in-GitHub (nomi-sec)CVE-2026-49975 (opens in a new tab)github.comPoC (publicly reported)reported, not verified
    PoC-in-GitHub (nomi-sec)CVE-2026-49975 (opens in a new tab)github.comPoC (publicly reported)reported, not verified
    PoC-in-GitHub (nomi-sec)CVE-2026-49975-HTTP-2-Bomb (opens in a new tab)github.comPoC (publicly reported)reported, not verified
    PoC-in-GitHub (nomi-sec)http2-bomb (opens in a new tab)github.comPoC (publicly reported)reported, not verified
    PoC-in-GitHub (nomi-sec)CVE-2026-49975-POC (opens in a new tab)github.comPoC (publicly reported)reported, not verified
    PoC-in-GitHub (nomi-sec)Proof-of-Concept-POC---CVE-2026-49975-HTTP-2-Bomb- (opens in a new tab)github.comPoC (publicly reported)reported, not verified

    References & sources

    Changes to this CVE

    Who changed this CVE and when: NVD (analysis, affected products, CVSS), the CVE publisher (CNA) and additional providers such as CISA (ADP).

    1. Record modifiedRed Hat ADP

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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55992
      Affected versions (publisher)changed
      JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8, JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8, JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 (+35)
      JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8, JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8, JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 (+37)

      Source identifier: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c

    2. Record modifiedRed Hat ADP

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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55930

      Source identifier: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c

    3. Record modifiedRed Hat ADP

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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50538
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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50572
      Affected versions (publisher)changed
      JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8, JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8, JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 (+33)
      JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8, JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8, JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 (+35)

      Source identifier: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c

    4. Record modifiedRed Hat ADP

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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36831
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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36846
      Affected versions (publisher)changed
      Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 Server, Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) (+9)
      Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 Server, Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) (+13)

      Source identifier: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c

    5. Initial analysis by NVDNVD

      Newly listed as affected:
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      Product configurationadded
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      OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.29.8 *cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.4.17 up to (excluding) 2.4.68
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      CVE: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/03/3 Types: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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      CVE: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/08/16 Types: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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      Apache Software Foundation: https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html Types: Vendor Advisory
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      CVE: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/06/msg00009.html Types: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

      Source identifier: nvd@nist.gov

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    1. Record modifiedCVE Program

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      http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/08/16

      Source identifier: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    2. Record modifiedCVE Program

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      http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/03/3
      Referenceadded
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      https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/06/msg00009.html

      Source identifier: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    3. ReceivedApache

      Weakness type: CWE-789

      Description added or changed

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      Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server's mod_http leads to denial of service via malicious HTTP requests. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.17 through 2.4.67.
      Weakness type (CWE)added
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      CWE-789
      Referenceadded
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      https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html

      Source identifier: security@apache.org

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