ALSA-2026:41906

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)
• Apache HTTP Server: mod_rewrite: Apache HTTP Server: Privilege Escalation via .htaccess file manipulation (CVE-2026-24072)
• httpd: modauthdigest: timing attack allows a bypass of digest authentication (CVE-2026-33006)
• httpd: NULL pointer dereference via specially crafted request (CVE-2026-29169)
• 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: Denial of Service in modproxyftp via attacker-controlled FTP server (CVE-2026-44186)
• httpd: Apache httpd moddavfs: Denial of Service due to path handling issue (CVE-2026-42535)
• httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Heap-based Buffer Overflow via untrusted content in mod_xml2enc (CVE-2026-42536)
• httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Buffer overflow in modproxyhtml allows security bypass (CVE-2026-34355)
• httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Out-of-bounds Read in modheaders and modmime (CVE-2026-43951)
• httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Local .htaccess authors can read files with httpd user privileges (CVE-2026-44119)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

• address Moderate severity issues from httpd 2.4.68 [almalinux-9.8.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-184520)
• modproxyhtml regression in CVE-2026-34355 fix [almalinux-9.8.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-192752)

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.