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CVE-2025-54090 json

Apache HTTP Server: 'RewriteCond expr' always evaluates to true in 2.4.64

published last yr. modified 2mo ago also BIT-apache-2025-54090 , EUVD-2025-22448

cvss
6.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A bug in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.64 results in all "RewriteCond expr ..." tests evaluating as "true".

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.65, which fixes the issue.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami apache 2.4.65
  • apache http_server 2.4.65
  • apache2 Debian 14, Debian 13 2.4.65-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-54090

  • apache2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.4.65-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15384-1

  • apache2 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +3 more 2.4.65-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2025-54090

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • httpd Azure Linux 3.0 2.4.65-1

azure linux advisories AZL-65654

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-54090 updated cvss 4.8

httpd: Apache HTTP Server logic flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 httpd, mod_ssl, httpd-tools, httpd-manual Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 httpd, mod_ssl, mod_ldap, httpd-tools, mod_session, httpd-manual, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 httpd, mod_md, mod_ssl, mod_ldap, mod_http2, httpd-tools, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 httpd, mod_lua, mod_ssl, mod_ldap, httpd-core, httpd-tools, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 httpd Red Hat JBoss Core Services jbcs-httpd24-httpd
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA 3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
OSV 3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami apache
>=2.4.64, <2.4.65
2.4.65

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-253 Incorrect Check of Function Return Value
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References

Sources

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