CVE-2026-63686: CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference in Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server
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.
CVE-2026-63686: CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference in Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server
Description
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.
Affected software
Apache Software Foundation
Apache HTTP Server
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apache
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-17T16:04:47.692Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6abe8b02a43b0b3b89c7c754
Added to database: 10/01/2026, 16:32:02 UTC
Last updated: 10/01/2026, 16:32:02 UTC
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