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Apache HTTP Server: mod_ssl error log variable escaping

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Insufficient escaping of user-supplied data in mod_ssl in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.63 and earlier allows an untrusted SSL/TLS client to insert escape characters into log files in some configurations. In a logging configuration where CustomLog is used with "%{varname}x" or "%{varname}c" to log variables provided by mod_ssl such as SSL_TLS_SNI, no escaping is performed by either mod_log_config or mod_ssl and unsanitized data provided by the client may appear in log files.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2024-47252
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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7 Nov 2026, 07:00 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Apache HTTP Server: mod_ssl error log variable escaping

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Jul 2025, 16:55 UTC

Insufficient escaping of user-supplied data in mod_ssl in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.63 and earlier allows an untrusted SSL/TLS client to insert escape characters into log files in some configurations. In a logging configuration where CustomLog is used with "%{varname}x" or "%{varname}c" to log variables provided by mod_ssl such as SSL_TLS_SNI, no escaping is performed by either mod_log_config or mod_ssl and unsanitized data provided by the client may appear in log files.

osv:CVE-2024-47252
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "title": "Apache HTTP Server: mod_ssl error log variable escaping",
    "summary": "Insufficient escaping of user-supplied data in mod_ssl in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.63 and earlier allows an untrusted SSL/TLS client to insert escape characters into log files in some configurations. In a logging configuration where CustomLog is used with \"%{varname}x\" or \"%{varname}c\" to log variables provided by mod_ssl such as SSL_TLS_SNI, no escaping is performed by either mod_log_config or mod_ssl and unsanitized data provided by the client may appear in log files.",
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