CVE-2025-58098

Apache HTTP Server 2.4.65 and earlier with Server Side Includes (SSI) enabled and mod_cgid (but not mod_cgi) passes the shell-escaped query string to #exec cmd=… directives.

This issue affects Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.66.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.66, which fixes the issue.

Weakness

The code transmits data to another actor, but a portion of the data includes sensitive information that should not be accessible to that actor.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

• Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
• Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/12.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/217.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/612.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/613.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/618.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/619.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/621.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/622.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/623.html

References

• https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/04/5