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CVE-2021-42013

CRITICAL9.8
CISA KEV

Published 2021-10-07 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source security@apache.org

Summary

CVE-2021-42013 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by November 17, 2021. CISA also lists it as known to be used in ransomware campaigns, so it should be prioritised accordingly. Apache has 41 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 8 of them linked to ransomware.

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Description

It was found that the fix for CVE-2021-41773 in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.50 was insufficient. An attacker could use a path traversal attack to map URLs to files outside the directories configured by Alias-like directives. If files outside of these directories are not protected by the usual default configuration "require all denied", these requests can succeed. If CGI scripts are also enabled for these aliased pathes, this could allow for remote code execution. This issue only affects Apache 2.4.49 and Apache 2.4.50 and not earlier versions.

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-22CWE-22

CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability

Product: Apache — HTTP Server

Name: Apache HTTP Server Path Traversal Vulnerability

Date added: 2021-11-03 · Due: 2021-11-17

USED IN RANSOMWARE

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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