CVE-2024-42516 (GCVE-0-2024-42516)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-10 16:53 – Updated: 2025-11-04 21:08
VLAI
Title
Apache HTTP Server: HTTP response splitting
Summary
HTTP response splitting in the core of Apache HTTP Server allows an attacker who can manipulate the Content-Type response headers of applications hosted or proxied by the server can split the HTTP response. This vulnerability was described as CVE-2023-38709 but the patch included in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.59 did not address the issue. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.64, which fixes this issue.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-07-11 16:07 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server Affected: 2.4.0 , ≤ 2.4.63 (semver)
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