diff --git a/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/Dockerfile b/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/Dockerfile
index 6cbb3ca70418..1bbfa85ec4ef 100644
--- a/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ARG DOWNLOADS_URL="downloads.bitnami.com/files/stacksmith"
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bookworm" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.created="2026-05-21T00:45:01Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2026-06-03T08:09:03Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by Broadcom, Inc." \
       org.opencontainers.image.documentation="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/apache/README.md" \
       org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/apache" \
@@ -28,18 +28,18 @@ RUN --mount=type=secret,id=downloads_url,env=SECRET_DOWNLOADS_URL \
     DOWNLOADS_URL=${SECRET_DOWNLOADS_URL:-${DOWNLOADS_URL}} ; \
     mkdir -p /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ ; cd /tmp/bitnami/pkg/cache/ || exit 1 ; \
     COMPONENTS=( \
-      "render-template-1.0.9-165-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-12" \
+      "render-template-1.0.9-166-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-12" \
       "apache-2.4.67-1-linux-${OS_ARCH}-debian-12" \
     ) ; \
     for COMPONENT in "${COMPONENTS[@]}"; do \
       if [ ! -f "${COMPONENT}.tar.gz" ]; then \
         curl -SsLf "https://${DOWNLOADS_URL}/${COMPONENT}.tar.gz" -O ; \
-        curl -SsLf "https://${DOWNLOADS_URL}/${COMPONENT}.tar.gz.sha256" -O ; \
       fi ; \
-      sha256sum -c "${COMPONENT}.tar.gz.sha256" ; \
+      sha256sum -c "/opt/bitnami/checksums/${COMPONENT}.tar.gz.sha256" ; \
       tar -zxf "${COMPONENT}.tar.gz" -C /opt/bitnami --strip-components=2 --no-same-owner ; \
-      rm -rf "${COMPONENT}".tar.gz{,.sha256} ; \
-    done
+      rm -rf "${COMPONENT}".tar.gz ; \
+    done ; \
+    rm -rf /opt/bitnami/checksums ;
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && \
     apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists /var/cache/apt/archives
 RUN chmod g+rwX /opt/bitnami
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ ENV APACHE_HTTPS_PORT_NUMBER="" \
     APACHE_HTTP_PORT_NUMBER="" \
     APP_VERSION="2.4.67" \
     BITNAMI_APP_NAME="apache" \
-    IMAGE_REVISION="4" \
+    IMAGE_REVISION="6" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/common/bin:/opt/bitnami/apache/bin:$PATH"
 
 EXPOSE 8080 8443
diff --git a/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/apache-2.4.67-1-linux-amd64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256 b/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/apache-2.4.67-1-linux-amd64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ffe4d71f0d07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/apache-2.4.67-1-linux-amd64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cc9ec4ed758ad8502b7057aa3527cc003261038cd75f0a5fa8aa885bfea46ff1  apache-2.4.67-1-linux-amd64-debian-12.tar.gz
diff --git a/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/apache-2.4.67-1-linux-arm64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256 b/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/apache-2.4.67-1-linux-arm64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..06e58dbe1e02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/apache-2.4.67-1-linux-arm64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+01aa3fe1d54b7ecde2e19098de2fe93205c1c105ff31391f98f5afc3274aa99e  apache-2.4.67-1-linux-arm64-debian-12.tar.gz
diff --git a/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/render-template-1.0.9-166-linux-amd64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256 b/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/render-template-1.0.9-166-linux-amd64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..09a2ab4133ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/render-template-1.0.9-166-linux-amd64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+e2467be27e79a387c78b8ef3a57ceaa07bea65009972571f20dcf58631656e0b  render-template-1.0.9-166-linux-amd64-debian-12.tar.gz
diff --git a/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/render-template-1.0.9-166-linux-arm64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256 b/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/render-template-1.0.9-166-linux-arm64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..25ae43b180a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/checksums/render-template-1.0.9-166-linux-arm64-debian-12.tar.gz.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+c2c7634c5c0882d2dbd822744f6b5bdb074a07a1abf710c67e1206f1c20b8afa  render-template-1.0.9-166-linux-arm64-debian-12.tar.gz
diff --git a/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libfile.sh b/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libfile.sh
index 1c69e0e48a5d..335c1c7c9ef7 100644
--- a/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libfile.sh
+++ b/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libfile.sh
@@ -139,3 +139,40 @@ wait_for_log_entry() {
         return 1
     fi
 }
+
+########################
+# Creates a secure temporary file containing the provided secret
+# Arguments:
+#   $1 - secret to write to the temporary file
+# Returns:
+#   String
+#########################
+credential_to_temp_file() {
+    local secret="$1"
+    local tmp_file
+
+    # Use mktemp with a specific prefix for easier debugging if something lingers
+    if ! tmp_file=$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/at.cred.XXXXXXXX"); then
+        echo "Error: Failed to create temp file" >&2
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    # Restrict permissions before writing the secret
+    chmod 0600 "$tmp_file"
+    # Write secret and ensure it's flushed to disk
+    printf "%s" "$secret" > "$tmp_file"
+    # Output the filename so the caller can capture it
+    echo "$tmp_file"
+}
+
+########################
+# Cleans up temporary files created by credential_to_temp_file
+# Arguments:
+#   None
+# Returns:
+#   None
+#########################
+cleanup_credentials() {
+    debug "Cleaning up temporary files containing credentials"
+    rm -rf "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/at.cred.*
+}
diff --git a/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libfs.sh b/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libfs.sh
index 1337f6c2dd59..b16efabd3230 100644
--- a/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libfs.sh
+++ b/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libfs.sh
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ relativize() {
 #   -d|--dir-mode - mode for files.
 #   -u|--user - user
 #   -g|--group - group
+#   -n|--no-dereference - do not follow symlinks (use for runtime root chown of daemon-writable dirs)
 # Returns:
 #   None
 #########################
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ configure_permissions_ownership() {
     local file_mode=""
     local user=""
     local group=""
+    local follow_symlinks="yes"
 
     # Validate arguments
     shift 1
@@ -161,6 +163,9 @@ configure_permissions_ownership() {
             shift
             group="${1:?missing group}"
             ;;
+        -n | --no-dereference)
+            follow_symlinks="no"
+            ;;
         *)
             echo "Invalid command line flag $1" >&2
             return 1
@@ -169,22 +174,29 @@ configure_permissions_ownership() {
         shift
     done
 
+    # -L: follow symlinks and emits the target path
+    # This is dangerous at runtime, given a co-located lower-privileged process with write access
+    # to the target path can redirect the chown/chmod to arbitrary paths. Example:
+    # Lower-privileged process run: ln -s /etc /tmp/etc
+    # Then, setup.sh runs: configure_permissions_ownership --dir-mode 775 /tmp
+    local find_L_flag=(); [[ "$follow_symlinks" == "yes" ]] && find_L_flag=("-L")
+    # -h: changes symlink inode ownership without touching the target.
+    local chown_flags=(); [[ "$follow_symlinks" == "no" ]] && chown_flags=("-h")
     read -r -a filepaths <<<"$paths"
     for p in "${filepaths[@]}"; do
         if [[ -e "$p" ]]; then
-            find -L "$p" -printf ""
             if [[ -n $dir_mode ]]; then
-                find -L "$p" -type d ! -perm "$dir_mode" -print0 | xargs -r -0 chmod "$dir_mode"
+                find "${find_L_flag[@]}" "$p" -not -type l -type d ! -perm "$dir_mode" -print0 | xargs -r -0 chmod "$dir_mode"
             fi
             if [[ -n $file_mode ]]; then
-                find -L "$p" -type f ! -perm "$file_mode" -print0 | xargs -r -0 chmod "$file_mode"
+                find "${find_L_flag[@]}" "$p" -not -type l -type f ! -perm "$file_mode" -print0 | xargs -r -0 chmod "$file_mode"
             fi
             if [[ -n $user ]] && [[ -n $group ]]; then
-                find -L "$p" -print0 | xargs -r -0 chown "${user}:${group}"
+                find "${find_L_flag[@]}" "$p" -print0 | xargs -r -0 chown "${chown_flags[@]}" "${user}:${group}"
             elif [[ -n $user ]] && [[ -z $group ]]; then
-                find -L "$p" -print0 | xargs -r -0 chown "${user}"
+                find "${find_L_flag[@]}" "$p" -print0 | xargs -r -0 chown "${chown_flags[@]}" "${user}"
             elif [[ -z $user ]] && [[ -n $group ]]; then
-                find -L "$p" -print0 | xargs -r -0 chgrp "${group}"
+                find "${find_L_flag[@]}" "$p" -print0 | xargs -r -0 chgrp "${chown_flags[@]}" "${group}"
             fi
         else
             stderr_print "$p does not exist"
diff --git a/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/apache/bitnami-templates/bitnami-ssl.conf.tpl b/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/apache/bitnami-templates/bitnami-ssl.conf.tpl
index ff6de13a321e..66d6deb84f29 100644
--- a/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/apache/bitnami-templates/bitnami-ssl.conf.tpl
+++ b/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/apache/bitnami-templates/bitnami-ssl.conf.tpl
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
 </IfModule>
 
 Listen 443
-SSLProtocol all -SSLv2 -SSLv3
-SSLHonorCipherOrder on
-SSLCipherSuite "EECDH+ECDSA+AESGCM EECDH+aRSA+AESGCM EECDH+ECDSA+SHA384 EECDH+ECDSA+SHA256 EECDH+aRSA+SHA384 EECDH+aRSA+SHA256 EECDH !aNULL !eNULL !LOW !3DES !MD5 !EXP !PSK !SRP !DSS !EDH !RC4"
+SSLProtocol all -SSLv2 -SSLv3 -TLSv1 -TLSv1.1
+# Ciphers for TLS 1.2, see https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Server_Side_TLS
+SSLCipherSuite ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
+SSLHonorCipherOrder  off
+SSLSessionTickets  off
 SSLPassPhraseDialog  builtin
 SSLSessionCache "shmcb:{{APACHE_LOGS_DIR}}/ssl_scache(512000)"
 SSLSessionCacheTimeout  300
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ SSLSessionCacheTimeout  300
   SSLCertificateKeyFile "{{APACHE_CONF_DIR}}/bitnami/certs/tls.key"
 
   <Directory "{{APACHE_BASE_DIR}}/htdocs">
-    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
+    Options FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride All
     Require all granted
   </Directory>
diff --git a/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/apache/bitnami-templates/bitnami.conf.tpl b/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/apache/bitnami-templates/bitnami.conf.tpl
index 75a255c3efee..73d73314f8a3 100644
--- a/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/apache/bitnami-templates/bitnami.conf.tpl
+++ b/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/apache/bitnami-templates/bitnami.conf.tpl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ SetEnvIf X-Forwarded-Proto https HTTPS=on
 <VirtualHost _default_:80>
   DocumentRoot "{{APACHE_BASE_DIR}}/htdocs"
   <Directory "{{APACHE_BASE_DIR}}/htdocs">
-    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
+    Options FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride All
     Require all granted
   </Directory>
diff --git a/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libapache.sh b/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libapache.sh
index d6eb686df3f6..0e1a4818ccc7 100644
--- a/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libapache.sh
+++ b/bitnami/apache/2.4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libapache.sh
@@ -803,6 +803,10 @@ apache_create_password_file() {
     local -r username="${2:?missing username}"
     local -r password="${3:?missing password}"
 
-    "${APACHE_BIN_DIR}/htpasswd" -bc "$file" "$username" "$password"
-    am_i_root && configure_permissions_ownership "$file" --file-mode "600" --user "$APACHE_DAEMON_USER" --group "$APACHE_DAEMON_GROUP"
+    # The -B flag uses bcrypt to hash the password, which is more secure than legacy APR1 (1000-iteration MD5) hash
+    # The -C flag computing time used for the bcrypt algorithm (default is 5)
+    "${APACHE_BIN_DIR}/htpasswd" -Bbc -C 12 "$file" "$username" "$password"
+    am_i_root && configure_permissions_ownership "$file" --user "$APACHE_DAEMON_USER" --group "$APACHE_DAEMON_GROUP"
+    # We can set strong permissions regardless the container is running as root or not
+    chmod 0600 "$file"
 }