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CVE-2018-11763

47
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-11763 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.17 to 2.4.34 when using HTTP/2. An attacker can exploit this by sending continuous, large SETTINGS frames, consuming server resources without triggering a timeout. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with high impact on availability but high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public exploits available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it is not listed on the KEV catalog. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.4.17, <= 2.4.34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
51.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5100 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (37)

apachepatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 2.4
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-apache-commons-daemon-jsvc-1:1.1.0-3.redhat_2.jbcs.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-apr-0:1.6.3-31.jbcs.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-apr-util-0:1.6.1-24.jbcs.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-httpd-0:2.4.29-35.jbcs.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-mod_cluster-native-0:1.3.8-3.Final_redhat_2.jbcs.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-mod_jk-0:1.2.46-1.redhat_1.jbcs.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-nghttp2-0:1.29.0-9.jbcs.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-openssl-1:1.0.2n-14.jbcs.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-0:1-6.jbcs.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-apache-commons-daemon-jsvc-1:1.1.0-3.redhat_2.jbcs.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-apr-0:1.6.3-31.jbcs.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-apr-util-0:1.6.1-24.jbcs.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-httpd-0:2.4.29-35.jbcs.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-mod_cluster-native-0:1.3.8-3.Final_redhat_2.jbcs.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-mod_jk-0:1.2.46-1.redhat_1.jbcs.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-openssl-1:1.0.2n-14.jbcs.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: httpd24-curl-0:7.61.1-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: httpd24-httpd-0:2.4.34-7.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: httpd24-nghttp2-0:1.7.1-7.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: httpd24-curl-0:7.61.1-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: httpd24-httpd-0:2.4.34-7.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: httpd24-nghttp2-0:1.7.1-7.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUSFixed in: httpd24-curl-0:7.61.1-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUSFixed in: httpd24-httpd-0:2.4.34-7.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUSFixed in: httpd24-nghttp2-0:1.7.1-7.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUSFixed in: httpd24-curl-0:7.61.1-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUSFixed in: httpd24-httpd-0:2.4.34-7.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUSFixed in: httpd24-nghttp2-0:1.7.1-7.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSFixed in: httpd24-curl-0:7.61.1-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSFixed in: httpd24-httpd-0:2.4.34-7.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSFixed in: httpd24-nghttp2-0:1.7.1-7.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Text-Only JBCSFixed in: httpd
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-nghttp2-0:1.29.0-9.jbcs.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-0:1-6.jbcs.el6
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4Fixed in: httpd

Vendor Advisories (4)

apachellm-apache-f398f8ed28802aa3LOW

Apache HTTP Server 2.4 vulnerabilities - The Apache HTTP Server Project

Mar 2, 2026
apachellm-apache-a7a91ec4c0e9421dHIGH

Apache HTTP Server 2.4 vulnerabilities - The Apache HTTP Server Project

Dec 10, 2025
redhatCVE-2018-11763Moderate

httpd: DoS for HTTP/2 connections by continuous SETTINGS frames

Sep 25, 2018
apachellm-apache-684e4d0003611bd4LOW

Apache HTTP Server 2.4 vulnerabilities - The Apache HTTP Server Project

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00030.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00056.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3558
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:0366
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:0367
Third Party Advisory
httpd.apache.org / security/vulnerabilities_24.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/84a3714f0878781f6ed84473d1a503d2cc382277e100450209231830%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r06f0d87ebb6d59ed8379633f36f72f5b1f79cadfda72ede0830b42cf%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r15f9aa4427581a1aecb4063f1b4b983511ae1c9935e2a0a6876dad3c%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r6521a7f62276340eabdb3339b2aa9a38c5f59d978497a1f794af53be%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r76142b8c5119df2178be7c2dba88fde552eedeec37ea993dfce68d1d%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rc998b18880df98bafaade071346690c2bc1444adaa1a1ea464b93f0a%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rd18c3c43602e66f9cdcf09f1de233804975b9572b0456cc582390b6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/re3d27b6250aa8548b8845d314bb8a350b3df326cacbbfdfe4d455234%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rfcf929bd33a6833e3f0c35eebdad70d5060665f9c4e17ea467c66770%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20190204-0004
Third Party Advisory
support.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3783-1
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
tenable.com / security/tns-2019-09
securityfocus.com / bid/105414
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041713
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry