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🛡️ CVE-2026-42946 — dos

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-789 NVD
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

NGINX ngx_http_scgi_module and ngx_http_uwsgi_module vulnerability

A vulnerability exists in the ngx_http_scgi_module and ngx_http_uwsgi_module modules that may result in excessive memory allocation or an over-read of data. When scgi_pass or uwsgi_pass is configured, an unauthenticated attacker with man-in-the-middle (MITM) ability to control responses from an upstream server may be able to read the memory of the NGINX worker process or restart it.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

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 high, integrity none, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-42946 is classified as CWE-789: Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value. The product allocates memory based on an untrusted, large size value, but it does not ensure that the size is within expected limits, allowing arbitrary amounts of memory to be allocated.

Affected software

CVE-2026-42946 is recorded against 9 packages.

  • dos
  • nginx
  • nginx-gateway
  • nginx-gateway-fabric (from 2.0.0 up to 2.6.0)
  • nginx-ingress-controller (from 5.0.0 up to 5.4.2)
  • nginx-instance-manager (from 2.16.0 up to 2.22.0)
  • nginx-open-source (from 1.0.0 up to 1.30.0)
  • nginx-plus (from r32 up to r36)
  • waf (from 5.9.0 up to 5.12.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 13 May 2026 and last revised on 18 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

my.f5.com

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Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-789: Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value) in other software:

CVE-2026-42946 on other distributions

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

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
CWE CWE-789
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-05-13
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-18
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
dos — —
nginx — —
nginx-gateway — —
nginx-gateway-fabric 2.0.0 2.6.0
nginx-ingress-controller 5.0.0 5.4.2
nginx-instance-manager 2.16.0 2.22.0
nginx-open-source 1.0.0 1.30.0
nginx-plus r32 r36
waf 5.9.0 5.12.1

References

Mitigation, Vendor Advisory https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000161027

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