18-Year-Old NGINX Rewrite Module Flaw Enables Unauthenticated RCE
18-Year-Old NGINX Rewrite Module Flaw Enables Unauthenticated RCE
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18-Year-Old NGINX Rewrite Module Flaw Enables Unauthenticated RCE
NGINX Rift CVE-2026-42945 scores 9.2 after 18 years, enabling unauthenticated RCE or DoS via crafted HTTP requests.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/46851448
- Affected an non-affected versions https://nginx.org/en/security_advisories.html
- CVE record https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42945
- CVE details https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42945
- PoC https://github.com/DepthFirstDisclosures/Nginx-Rift
CVE - Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures systemRCE - Remote Code ExecutionPoC - Proof of Concept