CVE-2024-46901
MEDIUM4.3EPSS 5.8%Apache Subversion: mod_dav_svn denial-of-service via control characters in paths
Published: 12/9/2024Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Insufficient validation of filenames against control characters in Apache Subversion repositories served via mod_dav_svn allows authenticated users with commit access to commit a corrupted revision, leading to disruption for users of the repository. All versions of Subversion up to and including Subversion 1.14.4 are affected if serving repositories via mod_dav_svn. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.14.5, which fixes this issue. Repositories served via other access methods are not affected.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/subversionfrom 0, < 1.14.5-r0
- Bitnami/subversionfrom 0, < 1.14.5
- Debian/subversionfrom 0, < 1.14.1-3+deb11u2
- Debian/subversionfrom 0, < 1.14.1-3+deb11u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
References (5)
- ADVISORYhttps://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-46901
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-46901
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00023.html
- WEBhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46901
- WEBhttps://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2024-46901-advisory.txt