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C2012–2026
apache / httpd

httpd

Apache HTTP Server

17Distinct people
17Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
4.1KGitHub stars
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Apache HTTP Server

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Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 12:45:45 PM UTC.

Critical RCE Vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server direct repository linkDebated

The discussion centers on whether the Apache HTTP Server vulnerability should be classified as a Remote Code Execution (RCE) given that no public proof-of-concept exists, with users split between those citing industry norms and vendor claims versus those demanding demonstrated exploitability. A secondary debate concerns the role of AI in discovering the bug and the ongoing preference for Apache over Nginx due to features like .htaccess despite performance criticisms.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year17 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2012-09-06 06:22:14 UTC to 2026-10-15 03:24:04 UTC.

012342012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 2 submissions, 1 comments20122013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20192020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20122012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC321
20132013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20142014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC413
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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I'm not going to be all high and mighty then say that tests should have caught this since Apache has tests. I am not sure why RewriteCond expr is even valid at all since expr typically needs an expression to come after it like RewriteCond expr "'cache/%{md5:%{REQUEST_URI}?%{QUERY_STRING}}.html' =~ /(.+)/". The bug appeared to be introduced on July 7 with a backport from trunk: https://github.com/apache/httpd/blame/ed99ef021de902363c36af... It took me a second but the fix addresses the case where rc==0. If statement is less than 0. Therefore, rc==0 should indicate no match. https://github.com/apache/httpd/commit/8abb3d06b23975705ebcf... I suppose because there is also the conditional for err?
In Apache HTTP Server: 'RewriteCond expr' always evaluates to true
It seems like the bug was originally introduced here: https://github.com/apache/httpd/commit/dd98030cb399e962aa605... This is seemingly a well-intentioned cleanup that misunderstood the branching logic. The original code was normalizing `rc < 0` to COND_RC_NOMATCH (0), but leaving `rc >= 0` as the original value. However the new code accidentally normalizes `rc >= 0` to COND_RC_MATCH (1) while it should be normalizing `rc > 0` to COND_RC_MATCH (leaving 0 as COND_RC_NOMATCH). There are a few other logic changes in this patch which should likely be reviewed carefully. For example https://github.com/apache/httpd/commit/dd98030cb399e962aa605... does `rc <= COND_RC_MATCH` which matches both match and no match. Presumably it is checking for COND_RC_STATUS_SET but it seems like and odd way to write `rc == COND_RC_STATUS_SET`. Maybe the intention
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is to match future special values?
In Apache HTTP Server: 'RewriteCond expr' always evaluates to true

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