🛡️ CVE-2026-42946
🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

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.

Details

Severity HIGH
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 N/A
Public Exploit âś… No
Source NVD
Published 2026-05-15
Updated 2026-06-02
Modified 2026-05-15
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
nginx — —
nginx-gateway — —
unknown — —

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