[CIVN-0269] Multiple Vulnerabilities in NGINX

By Published On: May 29, 2026

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Multiple Vulnerabilities in NGINX


Indian – Computer Emergency Response Team (https://www.cert-in.org.in)


Severity Rating: CRITICAL


Software Affected


NGINX UI versions 2.3.5 and prior.

NGINX JavaScript (njs) versions 0.9.4 to 0.9.8.

Overview


Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in NGINX products which could allow an unauthenticated attacker to bypass the security restrictions, execute arbitrary code and cause denial of service condition in the targeted system.


Target Audience:

Organizations and individuals running affected versions of NGINX JavaScript (njs) and NGINX UI products.


Risk Assessment:

High risk of complete system compromise.


Impact Assessment:

Potential for service disruption and unauthorized access.


Description


NGINX is a high-performance web server, reverse proxy, load balancer, and HTTP cache designed to handle massive, simultaneous connections with low resource usage.


Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in NGINX components due to missing authentication and heap-based buffer overflow issues. An unauthenticated actor could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending specially crafted HTTP requests.


Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an unauthenticated attacker to bypass the security restrictions, execute arbitrary code and cause denial of service condition in the targeted system.


Solution


There are no available patches for CVE-2026-33032 at the time of publication.


Apply appropriate security updates for CVE-2026-8711 as mentioned in the NGINX Security Updates:

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000161327


https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000161307



Vendor Information


NGINX

https://github.com/0xJacky/nginx-ui/security

https://nginx.org/en/docs/njs/security.html


References


 

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000161327

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000161307

https://github.com/0xJacky/nginx-ui/security/advisories/GHSA-h6c2-x2m2-mwhf

https://nginx.org/en/docs/njs/security.html


CVE Name

CVE-2026-8711

CVE-2026-33032




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CERT-In


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PGP Key information:

https://www.cert-in.org.in/s2cMainServlet?pageid=CONTACTUS


Postal address:

Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Government of India

Electronics Niketan

6, C.G.O. Complex

New Delhi-110 003

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