CVE-2026-63686
HIGHCVSS 7.5Description
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.
Timeline
Published:October 1st, 2026 5:17 PM
Last modified:October 5th, 2026 5:46 PM
CVSS Scoring
CVSS v3: 7.5 (HIGH)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Software
From NVD CPE configuration data
Vendors
apache
Products
http_server
Weaknesses (CWE)
References & Reports
Advisories, patches, and third-party reports
Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute