Experts warn of active exploitation of critical NGINX flaw CVE-2026
Vulnerabilities mentioned
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-42945 | Heap Buffer Overflow in NGINX Plus & Open Source rewrite module — DoS, potential RCE | 9.2 | 68% | PoC ×6 |
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A critical NGINX flaw (CVE-2026-42945) is actively exploited, allowing crashes or possible code execution via malicious HTTP requests. A critical vulnerability in NGINX Plus and NGINX Open, tracked as CVE-2026-42945 (CVSS v4 score of 9. 2), is already being actively exploited shortly after disclosure.
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