Is CVE-2026-48005 being exploited?

No public exploit is currently tracked.

How severe is CVE-2026-48005?

CVE-2026-48005 has a CVSS v3 severity of HIGH (7.5).

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CVE-2026-48005

Description

Missing authentication checks in mod_auth_digest in Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.69 on all platforms allows an unauthenticated remote client to cause a denial of service (forced re-authentication) via forged Authorization headers when Digest authentication is enabled with AuthDigestNcCheck . Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.69, which fixes this issue.