High
Security advisory
Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.0 to 2.4.46 A specially crafted Cookie header handled by mod_session can cause a NULL pointer dereference and crash, leading to a possible Denial Of Service
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-26690
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 08:23 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.0 to 2.4.46 A specially crafted Cookie header handled by mod_session can cause a NULL pointer dereference and crash, leading to a possible Denial Of Service
osv:CVE-2021-26690
Complete source record
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