CVE-2026-8854 (GCVE-0-2026-8854)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-26 16:58
Modified
2026-05-26 18:34
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-825 - Expired Pointer Dereference
Summary
IBM HTTP Server 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to denial of service via the optional module mod_mem_cache.
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Impacted products
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| IBM | HTTP Server |
Version: 8.5.0 ≤ Interim Fix 002 Version: 9.0 ≤ cpe:2.3:a:ibm:http_server:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:http_server:8.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:http_server:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:http_server:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Nomenclature
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