CVE-2016-5387
Description
The Apache HTTP Server through 2.4.23 follows RFC 3875 section 4.1.18 and therefore does not protect applications from the presence of untrusted client data in the HTTP_PROXY environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to redirect an application's outbound HTTP traffic to an arbitrary proxy server via a crafted Proxy header in an HTTP request, aka an "httpoxy" issue. NOTE: the vendor states "This mitigation has been assigned the identifier CVE-2016-5387"; in other words, this is not a CVE ID for a vulnerability.
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Key data
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.
- Score
- 0.55724 (55.7% probability)
- Percentile
- 99.0%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
References
Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.
- 1036330 (securitytracker.com)vdb-entry
- RHSA-2016:1420 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:1635 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- support.apple.com/HT208221
- h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?d…
- 91816 (securityfocus.com)vdb-entry
- RHSA-2016:1851 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- USN-3038-1 (ubuntu.com)vendor-advisory
- VU#797896 (kb.cert.org)third-party-advisory
- oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628…
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1824 (lists.opensuse.org)vendor-advisory
- oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016…
- RHSA-2016:1648 (rhn.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- tenable.com/security/tns-2017-04
- RHSA-2016:1625 (rhn.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- DSA-3623 (debian.org)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:1649 (rhn.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?d…
- h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US…
- RHSA-2016:1422 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090…
- RHSA-2016:1421 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2016-a29c65b00f (lists.fedoraproject.org)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:1650 (rhn.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:1624 (rhn.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- apache.org/security/asf-httpoxy-response.txt
- FEDORA-2016-df0726ae26 (lists.fedoraproject.org)vendor-advisory
- httpoxy.org
- oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622…
- GLSA-201701-36 (security.gentoo.org)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:1636 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2016-9fd9bfab9e (lists.fedoraproject.org)vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2016-683d0b257b (lists.fedoraproject.org)vendor-advisory
- [httpd-cvs] 20190815 svn commit: r1048743 [4/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [httpd-cvs] 20190815 svn commit: r1048742 [4/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [httpd-cvs] 20190815 svn commit: r1048743 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [httpd-cvs] 20190815 svn commit: r1048742 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [httpd-cvs] 20200401 svn commit: r1058586 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [httpd-cvs] 20200401 svn commit: r1058586 [4/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [httpd-cvs] 20200401 svn commit: r1058587 [4/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [httpd-cvs] 20200401 svn commit: r1058587 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073139 [1/13] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/ (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073140 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/cvejsontohtml.py security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073140 [4/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/cvejsontohtml.py security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1888194 [10/13] - /httpd/site/trunk/content/security/json/ (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073139 [10/13] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/ (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073146 [2/3] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/cvejsontohtml.py security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073149 [1/13] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/ security/json/ (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073146 [3/3] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/cvejsontohtml.py security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073149 [10/13] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/ security/json/ (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [httpd-cvs] 20210603 svn commit: r1075360 [2/3] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/CVE-2021-31618.json security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [httpd-cvs] 20210603 svn commit: r1075360 [3/3] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/CVE-2021-31618.json security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [httpd-cvs] 20210606 svn commit: r1075467 [2/2] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/CVE-2021-31618.json security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [httpd-cvs] 20210606 svn commit: r1075470 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/CVE-2020-13938.json security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
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