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NGINX CVE-2026-56434

| EUVDEUVD-2026-44684 HIGH
Use After Free (CWE-416)
2026-07-15 f5 GHSA-m73p-xg7q-m8f2
8.3
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: f5
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Vendor (f5) PRIMARY
8.3 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/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:X
vuln.today AI
6.5 MEDIUM

AC:H reflects the required MITM control over upstream responses plus a non-default SSI/proxy_buffering-off config; PR:N as unauthenticated; C:N, I:L (limited memory modification), A:H (worker crash).

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE
6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Red Hat
6.5 MEDIUM
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Primary rating from Vendor (f5).

CVSS VectorVendor: f5

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
X

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Analysis Generated
Jul 15, 2026 - 15:32 vuln.today
Severity Changed
Jul 15, 2026 - 15:22 NVD
MEDIUM HIGH
CVSS changed
Jul 15, 2026 - 15:22 NVD
6.5 (MEDIUM) 8.3 (HIGH)
CVE Published
Jul 15, 2026 - 14:33 cve.org
HIGH 8.3

DescriptionCVE.org

NGINX Plus and NGINX Open Source have a vulnerability in the ngx_http_ssi_module module. This vulnerability may exist when the Server-Side Includes (SSI), proxy_pass, and proxy_buffering off directives are configured. With this configuration, an unauthenticated attacker with man-in-the-middle (MITM) ability to control responses from an upstream server may be able to cause a heap buffer over-read in the NGINX worker process. This issue may lead to limited modification of memory or a restart of the NGINX worker process.

Impact: This vulnerability may allow remote attackers to have limited control to modify memory contents or restart the NGINX worker process. There is no control plane exposure; this is a data plane issue only.

Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

AnalysisAI

Heap buffer over-read in the ngx_http_ssi_module of NGINX Open Source and NGINX Plus lets an unauthenticated man-in-the-middle attacker who can control upstream responses corrupt worker-process memory or crash the worker, but only in the non-default configuration combining Server-Side Includes, proxy_pass, and proxy_buffering off. The impact is confined to the data plane with no control-plane exposure, yielding limited memory modification and worker restarts (denial of service) rather than full code execution. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though a vendor patch is available and the flaw carries a CVSS 4.0 score of 8.3.

Technical ContextAI

NGINX's ngx_http_ssi_module implements Server-Side Includes, parsing SSI directives embedded in response bodies as they stream through the proxy. The vulnerable path is reached when SSI processing is combined with proxy_pass and proxy_buffering off, meaning NGINX processes upstream response chunks without its normal buffering. Classified as CWE-416 (Use After Free) and tagged as memory corruption/information disclosure, the flaw manifests as a heap buffer over-read: the SSI parser mishandles buffer boundaries on attacker-influenced upstream data, reading past allocated memory. Affected products per CPE are cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_plus and cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_open_source (all evaluated versions; End-of-Technical-Support versions were not assessed).

RemediationAI

Apply the F5-provided update; a patch is available per vendor advisory (exact fixed version not specified in the available data - confirm the target release in F5 article K000162098 at https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000162098). If patching must be deferred, break the required configuration triple: the flaw is only reachable when SSI, proxy_pass, and proxy_buffering off are all in effect, so re-enabling response buffering (proxy_buffering on) or disabling the ssi directive on proxied locations eliminates the vulnerable path. Trade-offs: turning proxy_buffering back on can increase latency and memory use for streaming/long-poll upstreams and may be undesirable for those workloads, while disabling SSI removes server-side include functionality where it is genuinely needed. Additionally, ensure upstream connections are trusted and integrity-protected (e.g., TLS to the upstream with certificate validation) to remove the MITM precondition. EoTS versions should be upgraded to a supported, patched release.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Moderate
Product Status
openSUSE Tumbleweed Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 Affected

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