Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities impacting NGINX Plus and NGINX Open, including a critical flaw that remained undetected for 18 years. The vulnerability, discovered by depthfirst, is a heap buffer overflow issue impacting ngx_http_rewrite_module (CVE-2026-42945, CVSS v4 score: 9.2) that could allow an attacker to achieve remote code execution or cause a
18-Year-Old NGINX Rewrite Module Flaw Enables Unauthenticated RCE
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Metadaten
- Original (extern): Link oeffnen
- Veroeffentlicht: 2026-05-14 06:00 UTC
- Importiert: 2026-05-22 05:43 UTC
- CVSS: 9.2
- Quelle-ID:
thn_global - uid_hash:
589e39feeb2d4576ba6e7320dc0dd6dd75a7591456a05a16a7822ac43db35e79
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Verknuepfte CVEs
| CVE-ID | Severity (Quelle) | CVSS (Quelle) | Severity (CVE.org) | CVSS (CVE.org) | EPSS | EPSS-Pctl | Veroeffentlicht (CVE.org) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CRITICAL |
9.2 |
CRITICAL |
9.2 |
2026-05-13 |
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