CVE-2025-65082 (GCVE-0-2025-65082)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-05 10:46
Modified
2025-12-05 19:30
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-150 - Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences
Summary
Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server through environment variables set via the Apache configuration unexpectedly superseding variables calculated by the server for CGI programs. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server from 2.4.0 through 2.4.65. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.66 which fixes the issue.
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Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server Version: 2.4.0   ≤ 2.4.65
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