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CVE-2019-10098

httpd: mod_rewrite potential open redirect

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.7

CVSS 3.0

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Published · August 14, 2019

Updated · September 21, 2026

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in Apache httpd, in mod_rewrite. Certain self-referential mod_rewrite rules could be fooled by encoded newlines, causing them to redirect to an unexpected location. An attacker could abuse this flaw in a phishing attack or as part of a client-side attack on browsers.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

This flaw requires the use of certain Rewrite configuration directives. The following command can be used to search for possible vulnerable configurations:

grep -R '^\s*Rewrite' /etc/httpd/

See https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_rewrite.html

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.7
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CWE not specified