7.5
HIGH
CVE-2021-26690
Apache HTTP Server Sessionheroes Pointer Dereference DoS
Description

Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.0 to 2.4.46 A specially crafted Cookie header handled by mod_session can cause a NULL pointer dereference and crash, leading to a possible Denial Of Service

INFO

Published Date :

June 10, 2021, 7:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:56 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-26690 has a 10 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-26690 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Oracle zfs_storage_appliance_kit
2 Oracle enterprise_manager_ops_center
3 Oracle instantis_enterprisetrack
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Apache http_server
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 6
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-26690.

URL Resource
http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/10/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f2b70b621651548f4b6f027552f1dd91705d7111bb5d15cda0a68dd%40%3Cdev.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rae406c1d19c0dfd3103c96923dadac2af1cd0bad6905ab1ede153865%40%3Cannounce.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re026d3da9d7824bd93b9f871c0fdda978d960c7e62d8c43cba8d0bf3%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00006.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SPBR6WUYBJNACHKE65SPL7TJOHX7RHWD/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZNCYSR3BXT36FFF4XTCPL3HDQK4VP45R/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-38 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210702-0001/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4937 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html Third Party Advisory
http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/10/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f2b70b621651548f4b6f027552f1dd91705d7111bb5d15cda0a68dd%40%3Cdev.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rae406c1d19c0dfd3103c96923dadac2af1cd0bad6905ab1ede153865%40%3Cannounce.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re026d3da9d7824bd93b9f871c0fdda978d960c7e62d8c43cba8d0bf3%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00006.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SPBR6WUYBJNACHKE65SPL7TJOHX7RHWD/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZNCYSR3BXT36FFF4XTCPL3HDQK4VP45R/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-38 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210702-0001/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4937 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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0xdeviner/CVE-2021-26690

CVE-2021-26690 - Null Pointer Dereference leads to Denial of Service attack on Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.0 to 2.4.46

Python

Updated: 4 weeks ago
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Born at : Nov. 29, 2024, 9:12 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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7own/CVE-2021-26690---Apache-mod_session

CVE-2021-26690 patch diffing - Apache HTTP mod_session NULL pointer dereference

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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Born at : Nov. 1, 2024, 4:51 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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Samaritin/OSINT

None

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
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Born at : Oct. 19, 2024, 7:04 p.m. This repo has been linked 146 different CVEs too.
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jkiala2/Projet_etude_M1

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Batchfile Python

Updated: 5 months, 4 weeks ago
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Born at : May 1, 2024, 4:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 19 different CVEs too.
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bioly230/THM_Skynet

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Updated: 1 year, 5 months ago
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Born at : June 30, 2023, 2:41 p.m. This repo has been linked 78 different CVEs too.
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Totes5706/TotesHTB

Walkthrough and Writeups for the HackTheBox Penetration Lab Testing Environment

Updated: 2 years, 5 months ago
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PierreChrd/py-projet-tut

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Python Batchfile

Updated: 2 years, 8 months ago
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austin-lai/External-Penetration-Testing-Holo-Corporate-Network-TryHackMe-Holo-Network

External Penetration Testing - Holo Corporate Network - TryHackMe - Holo Network

penetration-testing pentest pentesting

Updated: 3 weeks ago
8 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : Sept. 19, 2021, 5:33 a.m. This repo has been linked 33 different CVEs too.
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dja2TaqkGEEfA45/CVE-2021-26690

None

Updated: 3 years, 5 months ago
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Born at : July 15, 2021, 4:38 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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n0-traces/cve_monitor

Automatic monitor github cve using Github Actions

Python

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
1 stars 57 fork 57 watcher
Born at : April 7, 2021, 11:16 a.m. This repo has been linked 1008 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-26690 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-26690 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/10/6
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f2b70b621651548f4b6f027552f1dd91705d7111bb5d15cda0a68dd%40%3Cdev.httpd.apache.org%3E
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rae406c1d19c0dfd3103c96923dadac2af1cd0bad6905ab1ede153865%40%3Cannounce.httpd.apache.org%3E
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re026d3da9d7824bd93b9f871c0fdda978d960c7e62d8c43cba8d0bf3%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00006.html
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SPBR6WUYBJNACHKE65SPL7TJOHX7RHWD/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZNCYSR3BXT36FFF4XTCPL3HDQK4VP45R/
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-38
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210702-0001/
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4937
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rae406c1d19c0dfd3103c96923dadac2af1cd0bad6905ab1ede153865%40%3Cannounce.httpd.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f2b70b621651548f4b6f027552f1dd91705d7111bb5d15cda0a68dd%40%3Cdev.httpd.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SPBR6WUYBJNACHKE65SPL7TJOHX7RHWD/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZNCYSR3BXT36FFF4XTCPL3HDQK4VP45R/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rae406c1d19c0dfd3103c96923dadac2af1cd0bad6905ab1ede153865@%3Cannounce.httpd.apache.org%3E
    Removed Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f2b70b621651548f4b6f027552f1dd91705d7111bb5d15cda0a68dd@%3Cdev.httpd.apache.org%3E
    Removed Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SPBR6WUYBJNACHKE65SPL7TJOHX7RHWD/
    Removed Reference Apache Software Foundation https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZNCYSR3BXT36FFF4XTCPL3HDQK4VP45R/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 01, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SPBR6WUYBJNACHKE65SPL7TJOHX7RHWD/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SPBR6WUYBJNACHKE65SPL7TJOHX7RHWD/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZNCYSR3BXT36FFF4XTCPL3HDQK4VP45R/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZNCYSR3BXT36FFF4XTCPL3HDQK4VP45R/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:enterprise_manager_ops_center:12.4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:instantis_enterprisetrack:17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:instantis_enterprisetrack:17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:instantis_enterprisetrack:17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 20, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 25, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZNCYSR3BXT36FFF4XTCPL3HDQK4VP45R/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 20, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SPBR6WUYBJNACHKE65SPL7TJOHX7RHWD/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 20, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00006.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00006.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-38 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-38 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210702-0001/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210702-0001/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4937 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4937 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 17, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-38 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 09, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4937 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 09, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00006.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210702-0001/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 22, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html No Types Assigned http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/10/6 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/10/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f2b70b621651548f4b6f027552f1dd91705d7111bb5d15cda0a68dd@%3Cdev.httpd.apache.org%3E No Types Assigned https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f2b70b621651548f4b6f027552f1dd91705d7111bb5d15cda0a68dd@%3Cdev.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rae406c1d19c0dfd3103c96923dadac2af1cd0bad6905ab1ede153865@%3Cannounce.httpd.apache.org%3E No Types Assigned https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rae406c1d19c0dfd3103c96923dadac2af1cd0bad6905ab1ede153865@%3Cannounce.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re026d3da9d7824bd93b9f871c0fdda978d960c7e62d8c43cba8d0bf3%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E No Types Assigned https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re026d3da9d7824bd93b9f871c0fdda978d960c7e62d8c43cba8d0bf3%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-476
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.4.0 up to (including) 2.4.46
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 10, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/10/6 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 10, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rae406c1d19c0dfd3103c96923dadac2af1cd0bad6905ab1ede153865@%3Cannounce.httpd.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f2b70b621651548f4b6f027552f1dd91705d7111bb5d15cda0a68dd@%3Cdev.httpd.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-26690 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-26690 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

81.21 }} 73.03%

score

0.98584

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
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