vulnerability

IBM HTTP Server: CVE-2024-38473: Apache HTTP Server could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an encoding flaw in mod_proxy

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jul 29, 2024
Added
Nov 20, 2025
Modified
Nov 20, 2025

Description

Apache HTTP Server could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an encoding flaw in mod_proxy. By sending specially crafted requests with incorrect encoding an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass authentication validation.

Solutions

ibm-http_server-apply-interim-fix-ph61893-for-9_0ibm-http_server-apply-interim-fix-ph61893-for-8_5ibm-http_server-apply-fix-pack-9_0_5_21ibm-http_server-apply-fix-pack-8_5_5_27
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