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High ALAS2-2026-3920 1 CVE

Important: mod_auth_openidc security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Sep 14, 2026 · Updated Sep 14, 2026

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-54789: mod_auth_openidc is an OpenID Certified authentication and authorization module for the Apache 2.x HTTP server that implements the OpenID Connect Relying Party functionality. Prior to 2.4.19.4, an out-of-bounds read and a one-byte out-of-bounds write exist in the state-cookie parser of `mod_auth_openidc`. The issue is fixed in version 2.4.19.4 by stopping the scan at the string terminator so a value-less token is rejected. No in-product workarounds are available. As a stop-gap, an upstream reverse proxy or WAF that rejects or normalizes malformed `Cookie` headers (tokens lacking `=`) can reduce exposure, but upgrading is the recommended remediation.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 mod_auth_openidc 0:1.8.8-7.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 mod_auth_openidc-debuginfo 0:1.8.8-7.amzn2.0.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-54789.html