Apache HTTP Server

Key features

• Mature reverse proxy
• Extensive module system
• Per-directory configuration
• Cross-platform

Strengths

• Released under the Apache-2.0 license
• First-class Docker support for quick deployment
• Active community (4k GitHub stars)
• Written in C

Is Apache HTTP Server secure?

OSV.dev lists 124 published advisories for Apache HTTP Server. It doesn't publish GitHub releases we can match, so we can't say which of them apply to the current version. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

• Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-28780, published 2026-05-05 (162 days ago), fixed in 2.4.66

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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