CriticalFix available
mod_proxy SSRF
Type: advisorySources: OSV
A crafted request uri-path can cause mod_proxy to forward the request to an origin server choosen by the remote user. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.48 and earlier.
- Products
- apache
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.4.49
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-40438
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 19:49 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A crafted request uri-path can cause mod_proxy to forward the request to an origin server choosen by the remote user. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.48 and earlier.
osv:BIT-apache-2021-40438
apache
Fixed versions: 2.4.49
Complete source record
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"references": [
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"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r210807d0bb55f4aa6fbe1512be6bcc4dacd64e84940429fba329967a%40%3Cusers.httpd.apache.org%3E",
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"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r82838efc5fa6fc4c73986399c9b71573589f78b31846aff5bd9b1697%40%3Cusers.httpd.apache.org%3E",
"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r82c077663f9759c7df5a6656f925b3ee4f55fcd33c889ba7cd687029%40%3Cusers.httpd.apache.org%3E",
"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6954e60b1c8e480678ce3d02f61b8a788997785652e9557a3265c00%40%3Cusers.httpd.apache.org%3E",
"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00001.html",
"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SPBR6WUYBJNACHKE65SPL7TJOHX7RHWD/",
"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZNCYSR3BXT36FFF4XTCPL3HDQK4VP45R/",
"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-20",
"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211008-0004/",
"https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-apache-httpd-2.4.49-VWL69sWQ",
"https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4982",
"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html",
"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html",
"https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-17",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40438",
"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-40438"
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