Red Hat Security Advisory: mod_http2 security update
🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)
📋 Description
CVE-2025-53020 — mod_http2: Apache HTTP Server: HTTP/2 DoS by Memory Increase CVE-2026-43951 — httpd: Apache HTTP Server: Out-of-bounds Read in mod_headers and mod_mime CVE-2026-49975 — httpd: httpd: HTTP/2 Remote Denial of Service via compression bomb and Slowloris-style attack
🎯 Affected products14
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
- mod_http2-0:1.15.19-4.el9_2.8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
- mod_http2-0:1.15.19-4.el9_2.8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
- mod_http2-0:1.15.19-4.el9_2.8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
- mod_http2-0:1.15.19-4.el9_2.8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
- mod_http2-0:1.15.19-4.el9_2.8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
- mod_http2-debuginfo-0:1.15.19-4.el9_2.8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
- mod_http2-debuginfo-0:1.15.19-4.el9_2.8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
- mod_http2-debuginfo-0:1.15.19-4.el9_2.8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
- mod_http2-debuginfo-0:1.15.19-4.el9_2.8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
- mod_http2-debugsource-0:1.15.19-4.el9_2.8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
- mod_http2-debugsource-0:1.15.19-4.el9_2.8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
- mod_http2-debugsource-0:1.15.19-4.el9_2.8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
- mod_http2-debugsource-0:1.15.19-4.el9_2.8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
✅ Remediation
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: The attack surface can be reduced by disabling HTTP/2 support in Apache. Follow the guidance in Red Hat KCS article to: - Remove h2 and h2c from the Protocols directive - Disable mod_http2 and mod_proxy_http2 modules (if not required) https://access.redhat.com/node/7056356 Workaround: - Those who do not require multi-language response headers can remove or disable the `mod_headers` and `mod_mime` modules, or remove Content-Language directives from their configuration. - Systems not using these modules in combination are not affected. Workaround: See the security bulletin for a detailed mitigation procedure.
🔗 References (6)
- selfhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55930
- externalhttps://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
- externalhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2379343
- externalhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2485371
- externalhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2486415
- selfhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_55930.json