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CVE-2026-42945: Critical NGINX Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (imperva.com)

· 69d ago · Report · Spotlight this ·
0xBASE INTEL BRIEF
  • Critical 18-year-old vulnerability in NGINX.
  • Allows DoS and potential RCE via heap overflow.
  • Patch available; immediate update urged.

"CVE-2026-42945 (dubbed 'NGINX Rift') is a critical heap buffer overflow in NGINX's ngx_http_rewrite_module present for 18 years. Unauthenticated attackers can cause denial-of-service or potentially remote code execution via crafted HTTP requests. A patch is available."

#NGINX vulnerability #heap buffer overflow #remote code execution
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