Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 5, 2025· Updated Dec 5, 2025
Apache HTTP Server: mod_md (ACME), unintended retry intervals
CVE-2025-55753
Description
An integer overflow in the case of failed ACME certificate renewal leads, after a number of failures (~30 days in default configurations), to the backoff timer becoming 0. Attempts to renew the certificate then are repeated without delays until it succeeds.
This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.30 before 2.4.66.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.66, which fixes the issue.
Affected products
2- Range: >=2.4.30 <2.4.66
- Apache Software Foundation/Apache HTTP Serverv5Range: 2.4.30
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
1- httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.htmlmitrevendor-advisory
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