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Open source nginx before 1.31.7 or 1.30.6 may allow RCE

Original title: nginx RCEs CVE-2026-93479, CVE-2026-15176

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Part of a story covered by 3 sourcesF5 patches three critical NGINX flaws; no exploitation seenMerged summary & timeline
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An oss-security post says at least two F5-published nginx issues may allow remote code execution.

Jan Schaumann pointed oss-security readers to an F5 advisory and the nginx security advisories page. He says the issues appear to affect open source nginx before 1.31.7 or 1.30.6, and that at least two include a possibility of remote code execution. The post does not describe exploitation or give further technical detail.

Unconfirmed: The poster says the issues appear to affect those versions and that at least two may allow RCE.

Key facts
  • F5 advisory K000163408 and nginx.org advisories are cited.
  • Affected range given is open source nginx prior to 1.31.7 or 1.30.6.
  • The poster says at least two issues include possible RCE.
Security assessment · AI, from the article

Impact: possible remote code execution

ProductAffectedFixed in
F5 nginxopen source nginx prior to 1.31.7 or 1.30.61.31.7 or 1.30.6
What to do
  1. 1.Upgrade open source nginx to 1.31.7 or 1.30.6
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2026-15176
+1 related CVE
NGINX heap overflow via alias and $request_filename
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From the original article

Posted by Jan Schaumann on Oct 23 F5 has published a security advisory: https://my. f5. com/manage/s/article/K000163408 https://nginx.

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