CVE-2025-59028 - Apache HTTP Server Base64 SASL Authentication Denial of Service

CVE-2025-59028 - Apache HTTP Server Base64 SASL Authentication Denial of Service

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CVE ID :CVE-2025-59028
Published : March 27, 2026, 8:10 a.m. | 54 minutes ago
Description :When sending invalid base64 SASL data, login process is disconnected from the auth server, causing all active authentication sessions to fail. Invalid BASE64 data can be used to DoS a vulnerable server to break concurrent logins. Install fixed version or disable concurrency in login processes (heavy perfomance penalty on large deployments). No publicly available exploits are known.
Severity: 5.3 | MEDIUM
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