USN-8749-1: CivetWeb vulnerabilities

Publication date

14 September 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in CivetWeb.


Packages

  • civetweb - Embeddable web server with optional CGI, SSL and Lua support

Details

It was discovered that CivetWeb did not correctly handle parsing certain
URIs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-55763)

It was discovered that CivetWeb did not correctly handle parsing certain
HTTP requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service. (CVE-2025-9648)

It was discovered that CivetWeb did not correctly handle parsing certain
URIs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-55763)

It was discovered that CivetWeb did not correctly handle parsing certain
HTTP requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service. (CVE-2025-9648)

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart civetweb to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
26.04 LTS resolute civetweb –  1.16+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1
libcivetweb-dev –  1.16+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1
libcivetweb1 –  1.16+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1
24.04 LTS noble civetweb –  1.16+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
libcivetweb-dev –  1.16+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
libcivetweb1 –  1.16+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
22.04 LTS jammy civetweb –  1.15+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1  
libcivetweb-dev –  1.15+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1  
libcivetweb1 –  1.15+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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