Red Hat Security Advisory: httpd:2.4 security update
Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 08:30 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 38% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 5 Dec 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
Red Hatredhat/httpdpkg:rpm/redhat/httpdOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
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AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated httpd:2.4 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:0012 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate these issues. Since this is an official fix, applying the update is the recommended mitigation. No additional vendor instructions indicate that no action is required or that the issue is already mitigated without patching.
Description
This advisory addresses two security vulnerabilities in the Apache HTTP Server (httpd) 2.4 packages provided by Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8. The first vulnerability (CVE-2025-55753) involves unintended retry intervals in the mod_md (ACME) module. The second vulnerability (CVE-2025-58098) concerns the Server Side Includes feature adding query strings to the #exec cmd= directive. Red Hat has released an important security update to fix these issues in the httpd:2.4 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0012 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2419140 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2419365 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_0012.json (opens in a new tab)