CVE-2026-23918
Double Free: Is CVE-2026-23918 real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community verdict.
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signals
public sources
Moderate signals. Triage by your actual exposure and reachability.
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CISA Vulnrichment · assessed
CISA decision, by how critical the affected system is to you:
- low impact → Track
- medium impact → Track
- high impact → Track*
Track: normal patch cycle · Track*: watch closely · Attend: patch sooner · Act: patch now. About SSVC ↗
public exploits
links to sources — we don’t host codeA working exploit is publicly available from a maintained source. Treat this as higher urgency and verify your exposure.
baseline read
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Low signal — verdict needed
Few public signals point to active risk. Whether a scanner hit here is a true or false positive depends on your version and config — community verdicts decide.
Based on CVSS · FIRST EPSS
Confirm or dispute →CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Double Free and possible RCE vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server with the HTTP/2 protocol. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: 2.4.66. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.67, which fixes the issue.
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- Published by NVD
- CISA SSVC assessment · exploitation: none
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A working public exploit is published for this, so the barrier to attack is low. FIRST EPSS estimates about a 46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, which is high relative to most CVEs. Patch this on priority and confirm the fix holds.
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