CVE-2016-4979

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

18.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 97.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-07-06 14:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:46Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-05-24

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar
• CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ec2c5821ae170c308fc4f23d42fab06871dc1a372f3312e23d7446a46d4dc170

• access.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1420https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1420vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• httpd.apache.orghttp://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201610-02https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-02vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• seclists.org20160706 CVE-2016-4979: HTTPD webserver - X509 Client certificate based authentication can be bypassed when HTTP/2 is used [vs]http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jul/11mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.apache.orghttp://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com91566http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91566vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1036225http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036225vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160705 CVE-2016-4979: HTTPD webserver - X509 Client certificate based authentication can be bypassed when HTTP/2 is used [vs]http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/05/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/apache/httpd/commit/2d0e4eff04ea963128a41faaef21f987272e05a2x_refsource_CONFIRM
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137771/Apache-2.4.20-X509-Authentication-Bypass.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180601-0001/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.apache.org[httpd-cvs] 20190815 svn commit: r1048743 [4/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.htmlhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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• lists.apache.org[httpd-cvs] 20200401 svn commit: r1058586 [4/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.htmlhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd18c3c43602e66f9cdcf09f1de233804975b9572b0456cc582390b6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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• lists.apache.org[httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073139 [1/13] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073140 [4/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/cvejsontohtml.py security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.htmlhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc998b18880df98bafaade071346690c2bc1444adaa1a1ea464b93f0a%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1888194 [10/13] - /httpd/site/trunk/content/security/json/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re1e3a24664d35bcd0a0e793e0b5fc6ca6c107f99a1b2c545c5d4b467%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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• lists.apache.org[httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073146 [3/3] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/cvejsontohtml.py security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.htmlhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcc44594d4d6579b90deccd4536b5d31f099ef563df39b094be286b9e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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