CVE-2026-42926

mediumpriority · track · 10EPSS 0.003 · 28 %ileexploit · PoCDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

0.35% (28th) EPSS

CVSS 5.8 · medium

Is it mine?

35 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

When NGINX Open Source is configured to proxy HTTP/2 traffic by setting proxy_http_version to 2, and also uses proxy_set_body, an attacker may be able to inject frame headers and payload bytes to the upstream peer. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.9–6.3

v3.15.8mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.15.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · f5sirt@f5.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v4.06.3mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v4.06.3mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · f5sirt@f5.com

v4.02.9lowCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-172USCWE-172US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

ikarolaborda/CVE2026-42926Controlled NGINX HTTP/2 frame injection lab for CVE-2026-42926 patch validation and defensive researchPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (35)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Fedora Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:-
Gentoo Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:gentoo:linux:-
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
RESF Rocky Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:resf:rocky_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update Infrastructure 5.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:update_infrastructure_5.1
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
SUSE openSUSEall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:opensuse:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Nginx Nginx≤ Open Source <1.30.1cert_bundDE
Nginx Nginx≤ Open Source <1.31.0cert_bundDE
F5 NGINX Open Source1.29.4 → 1.30.1enisa_euvdEU
NGINX Inc. NGINX Gateway Fabric1.3.0 → 1.6.2fstec_bduRU
NGINX Inc. NGINX Gateway Fabric2.0.0 → 2.6.0fstec_bduRU
NGINX Inc. NGINX Ingress Controller3.5.0 → 3.7.2fstec_bduRU
NGINX Inc. NGINX Ingress Controller4.0.0 → 4.0.1fstec_bduRU
NGINX Inc. NGINX Ingress Controller5.0.0 → 5.4.2fstec_bduRU
NGINX Inc. NGINX Instance Manager2.16.0 → 2.21.1fstec_bduRU

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-1527NGINX Open Source and NGINX Plus: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-05-14csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in NGINX Open Source and NGINX Plus ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, beliebigen Code auszuführen, Daten zu manipulieren, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen.
BIT-nginx-2026-42926NGINX ngx_http_proxy_v2_module vulnerability2026-05-15vendor · osvUS
When NGINX Open Source is configured to proxy HTTP/2 traffic by setting proxy_http_version to 2, and also uses proxy_set_body, an attacker may be able to inject frame headers and payload bytes to the upstream peer. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
BIT-nginx-gateway-2026-42926NGINX ngx_http_proxy_v2_module vulnerability2026-05-15vendor · osvUS
When NGINX Open Source is configured to proxy HTTP/2 traffic by setting proxy_http_version to 2, and also uses proxy_set_body, an attacker may be able to inject frame headers and payload bytes to the upstream peer. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-05-13modified 2026-10-26

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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