Command execution via SSI query-string argument injection
Published Dec 5, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026
Argument injection in Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.66 allows remote attackers to alter SSI #exec command arguments through query strings. The mod_cgid SSI execution path passes the shell-escaped HTTP query string as additional arguments to the command named by an #exec cmd directive. Exposure requires executable SSI content and mod_cgid rather than mod_cgi; consequences depend on the invoked program's argument handling and include code execution.
Summary
What happened
Argument injection in Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.66 allows remote attackers to alter SSI #exec command arguments through query strings. The mod_cgid SSI execution path passes the shell-escaped HTTP query string as additional arguments to the command named by an #exec cmd directive. Exposure requires executable SSI content and mod_cgid rather than mod_cgi; consequences depend on the invoked program's argument handling and include code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-58098
- Published
- Dec 5, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Vendor
- The Apache Software Foundation
- Product
- Apache HTTP Server
- Classifications
- CWE-201, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Dec 5, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.4.66
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