Apache HTTP Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2021-11-03
Federal due date
2022-05-03
Vendor
Apache
Product
HTTP Server
EPSS
99.6th percentile (score 0.896, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0211

CISA short description

Apache HTTP Server, with MPM event, worker or prefork, code executing in less-privileged child processes or threads (including scripts executed by an in-process scripting interpreter) could execute code with the privileges of the parent process (usually root) by manipulating the scoreboard.

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EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.