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ALPINE-CVE-2026-42536

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

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Alpine:v3.21 apache2

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.68-r0"}]}]

Alpine:v3.22 apache2

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.68-r0"}]}]

Alpine:v3.23 apache2

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.68-r0"}]}]

Alpine:v3.24 apache2

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.68-r0"}]}]