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CVE-2026-42536-PoC

Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server with mod_xml2enc, xml2StartParse, and untrusted content

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GITHUB · launched Sep 13, 2026 · 7 upvotes (top 95%) · 1 view

Niche: exploit proof of concept repositories · 134 launches, 7 in the last 7 days ▼ -22% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags

  • Security
  • Dev tools
  • Developer
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project

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Could you build this?

No Crafting a working heap-based buffer overflow proof-of-concept exploit for Apache HTTP Server requires advanced binary exploitation and memory corruption skills.

What it would actually take: Developing this PoC requires specialized offensive security expertise, reverse engineering compiled C code (mod_xml2enc and libxml2), and analyzing heap layouts via gdb/pwndbg. The researcher must craft precise byte-level payloads to bypass heap protections (such as ASLR and glibc heap hardening) to trigger memory corruption reliably.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 1906 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #1812 of 1907 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 319 days after the earliest competitor.

  • CVE-2026-43682 · github · 2026-09-26 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.67
  • CVE-2026-84543 · github · 2026-09-24 · 37 upvotes · similarity 0.65
  • php2shell-poc · github · 2026-10-21 · 56 upvotes · similarity 0.64
  • php2shell · github · 2026-10-21 · 141 upvotes · similarity 0.63
  • php2shell · github · 2026-10-21 · 287 upvotes · similarity 0.63
  • php-safe · github · 2026-10-21 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.63
  • CVE-2026-106173 · github · 2026-10-20 · 16 upvotes · similarity 0.63
  • php-rce · github · 2026-10-21 · 36 upvotes · similarity 0.62

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