CVE-2026-42536CWE-120CWE-122

CVE-2026-42536

High · published June 8, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
3%
Percentile
85.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server with mod_xml2enc, xml2StartParse, and untrusted content

This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.0 through 2.4.67.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.68, which fixes the issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02686 · 85.7th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow'); CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2026-06-08T20:16Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
apache/http_server≥ 2.4.0, < 2.4.682.4.68
References (16)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 JUN 15:23Z
    Apache HTTP Server: mod_xml2enc heap overflow
    cvelistv5