🛡️ CVE-2024-31079 — fedora

🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-121 NVD

5.0

CVSS Score

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Description

NGINX HTTP/3 QUIC vulnerability

When NGINX Plus or NGINX OSS are configured to use the HTTP/3 QUIC module, undisclosed HTTP/3 requests can cause NGINX worker processes to terminate or cause other potential impact. This attack requires that a request be specifically timed during the connection draining process, which the attacker has no visibility and limited influence over.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability low.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-31079 is classified as CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow. An oversized write to a stack buffer overwrites saved state such as return addresses, which can redirect execution.

Affected software

CVE-2024-31079 is recorded against 5 packages.

fedora
nginx
nginx-gateway
nginx-open-source (from 1.25.0 up to 1.26.1)
nginx-plus

Timeline and source

Published on 29 May 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

www.openwall.com
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
my.f5.com
www.openwall.com
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
my.f5.com

CVE-2024-31079 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Alpine Debian

Details

Severity MEDIUM

CVSS Score 5.0

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CWE CWE-121

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source NVD

Published 2024-05-29

Updated 2026-08-12

Modified 2026-06-17

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
fedora	—	—
nginx	—	—
nginx-gateway	—	—
nginx-open-source	1.25.0	1.26.1
nginx-plus	—	—

References

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/4

Third Party Advisory https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MLAOKJWDALQZBIV3WKGPJ6T5Z56D3PRD/

Third Party Advisory https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R7RPLWC35WHEUFCGKNFG62ESNID25TEZ/

Vendor Advisory https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000139611

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/4

Third Party Advisory https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MLAOKJWDALQZBIV3WKGPJ6T5Z56D3PRD/

Third Party Advisory https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R7RPLWC35WHEUFCGKNFG62ESNID25TEZ/

Vendor Advisory https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000139611

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