vulnerability

Apache HTTPD: CVE-2022-31813: Use of Less Trusted Source

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 8, 2022
Added
Jun 9, 2022
Modified
Apr 9, 2026

Description

Apache HTTP Server 2.4.53 and earlier may not send the X-Forwarded-* headers to the origin server based on client side Connection header hop-by-hop mechanism. This may be used to bypass IP based authentication on the origin server/application.

Solution

apache-httpd-upgrade-latest

References

    Title
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