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Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences

CVE-2025-65082

Severity Medium
Score 6.5/10

Summary

Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server through environment variables set via the Apache configuration unexpectedly superseding variables calculated by the server for CGI programs. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server from 2.4.0 through 2.4.65.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
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CWE-150 - Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences

The software receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as escape, meta, or control character sequences when they are sent to a downstream component.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published