CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-60005

HighCVSS 8.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.71%

50th percentile - higher than 50% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability exists in NGINX Plus and NGINX Open Source within the ngx_http_slice_module module. When the slice directive with unnamed regex captures is configured or during a background cache update, unauthenticated attackers can send requests causing uninitialized memory access in the NGINX worker process, leading to limited memory disclosure or a restart.

Risk Assessment

The risk to the organization includes remote, unauthenticated disclosure of memory contents or disruption of NGINX worker processes, potentially leading to leakage of sensitive data or service availability issues.

Recommendation

Immediately update NGINX to the latest patched version. If the ngx_http_slice_module is not required, disable it by omitting the --with-http_slice_module configuration parameter during compilation.

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Original NVD description (English source)

NGINX Plus and NGINX Open Source have a vulnerability in the ngx_http_slice_module module. When the slice directive and unnamed regex captures are configured or when a background cache update happens, unauthenticated attackers can send requests that may cause uninitialized memory access in the NGINX worker process, leading to limited disclosure of memory or a restart. Impact: This vulnerability may allow remote, unauthenticated attackers to have limited control to disclose memory contents or restart the NGINX worker process. There is no control plane exposure; this is a data plane issue only. Note: The ngx_http_slice_module module is not enabled by default; it's enabled with the --with-http_slice_module configuration parameter. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

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