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.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.69, which fixes this issue.
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| 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. | |
| Title | Apache HTTP Server: mod_xml2enc crash on charset conversion failure | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-476 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: apache
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-01T16:20:14.360Z
Reserved: 2026-07-17T16:04:47.692Z
Link: CVE-2026-63686
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-01T17:17:29.923
Modified: 2026-10-01T17:17:29.923
Link: CVE-2026-63686
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-10-01T18:15:10Z
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