Red Hat Security Advisory: httpd security update
The httpd packages provide the Apache HTTP Server, a powerful, efficient, and extensible web server. Security Fix(es): * httpd: HTTP Session Hijack via a TLS upgrade (CVE-2025-49812) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability CVE-2025-49812 in the Apache HTTP Server (httpd) allows an attacker to hijack HTTP sessions through a TLS upgrade mechanism. This issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 with the httpd package version 2.4.6-90.el7_7.6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this vulnerability as moderate severity and has issued a security advisory (RHSA-2025:14998) with updated packages to fix the issue. The advisory references a security update that addresses the HTTP session hijacking vulnerability via TLS upgrade.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to hijack HTTP sessions, potentially leading to unauthorized access or interception of user sessions. The impact is rated moderate by Red Hat, indicating a significant but not critical risk to affected systems running the vulnerable httpd version.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for the httpd package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 (version 2.4.6-90.el7_7.6) that addresses CVE-2025-49812. Users should apply this update promptly following Red Hat's guidance at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No alternative mitigations are specified, and applying the official patch is the recommended remediation.
Red Hat Security Advisory: httpd security update
Description
The httpd packages provide the Apache HTTP Server, a powerful, efficient, and extensible web server. Security Fix(es): * httpd: HTTP Session Hijack via a TLS upgrade (CVE-2025-49812) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
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Technical Analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2025-49812 in the Apache HTTP Server (httpd) allows an attacker to hijack HTTP sessions through a TLS upgrade mechanism. This issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 with the httpd package version 2.4.6-90.el7_7.6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this vulnerability as moderate severity and has issued a security advisory (RHSA-2025:14998) with updated packages to fix the issue. The advisory references a security update that addresses the HTTP session hijacking vulnerability via TLS upgrade.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to hijack HTTP sessions, potentially leading to unauthorized access or interception of user sessions. The impact is rated moderate by Red Hat, indicating a significant but not critical risk to affected systems running the vulnerable httpd version.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for the httpd package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 (version 2.4.6-90.el7_7.6) that addresses CVE-2025-49812. Users should apply this update promptly following Red Hat's guidance at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No alternative mitigations are specified, and applying the official patch is the recommended remediation.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:14998
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3da1e54853345fc182d7aa
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:47:17 UTC
Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 22:32:39 UTC
Last updated: 06/28/2026, 23:38:49 UTC
Views: 2
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