CVE-2026-29168

medium Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 89% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Published: May 5, 2026 (65 days ago)
Last Modified: May 5, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in the mod_md module of httpd. When processing OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol) responses from a malicious or compromised OCSP responder, the module fails to enforce proper size limits on the incoming data. This issue leads to memory exhaustion and a denial of service.

CWE

CWE-770

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat JBoss Core Services

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 httpd.apache.org