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CVE-2013-2178

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.8%EU EUVD

The apache-auth.conf, apache-nohome.conf, apache-noscript.conf, and apache-overflows.conf files in Fail2ban before 0.8.10 do not properly validate log messages, which allows remote attackers to block arbitrary IP addresses via certain messages in a request.

Key facts

CVSS score
5.0 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-20
EPSS score
1.8% (78th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2013-2137)
Published
August 28, 2013
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-2137 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • fail2ban / fail2ban
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References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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