CVE-2026-42055

HIGHPre-NVD 8.18.1
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-06-17. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.1
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 4%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

NGINX Plus and NGINX Open Source have a vulnerability in the ngx_http_proxy_v2_module and ngx_http_grpc_module modules. This vulnerability exists when the proxy_http_version to 2 or grpc_pass directives are used to proxy HTTP/2 traffic, the ignore_invalid_headers directive is set to off, and the large_client_header_buffers directive size is larger than 2 megabytes. A remote, unauthenticated attacker, along with conditions beyond their control, could send large headers while creating an upstream request. This may cause a heap-based buffer overflow in the NGINX worker process leading to a restart. Additionally, attackers can execute code on systems with Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) disabled or when the attacker can bypass ASLR.

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

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(medium)
EG Risk
38(Track)
EG Risk 38/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity81% × 45%
Exploitation4% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
88.1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 17, 2026

Last Modified

July 15, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 18, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.

Patch Availability(7)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntunginx-light (1.28.3-2ubuntu1.6) @ resolute2026-07-16ubuntu
redhatnginx:1.24-8100020260707171317.489197e62026-07-13redhat
redhatnginx:1.24-9080020260707164406.92026-07-08redhat
redhatnginx:1.26-9080020260707110000.92026-07-08redhat
redhatnginx-2:1.26.3-6.el10_2.52026-07-07redhat
redhatnginx-2:1.20.1-28.el9_8.42026-07-07redhat
redhatnginx-main-1.30.3-2.hum12026-06-19redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(3)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 121× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 141 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-23 03:11 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-16 23:48 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-07-16 23:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-16 11:24 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-07-16 11:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-15 22:17 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-07-15 22:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-15 09:52 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-07-15 09:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-14 21:28 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-07-14 21:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-14 09:04 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-07-14 09:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-13 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-13 20:36 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-07-13 20:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-13 08:12 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-07-13 08:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-12 19:48 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-07-12 19:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-12 07:24 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-07-12 07:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-11 18:57 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-07-11 18:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-11 06:34 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-07-11 06:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-10 17:57 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-07-10 17:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-10 05:33 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-07-10 05:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-09 17:04 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-07-09 17:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-09 01:53 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-07-09 01:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-08 15:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-08 13:08 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-07-08 13:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-07-07 23:43 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-07-07 23:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-07-07 11:18 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-07-07 11:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-07-06 21:49 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-07-06 21:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-07-06 08:17 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-07-06 08:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-07-05 19:39 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-07-05 19:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-07-05 07:15 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-07-05 07:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-07-04 18:37 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-07-04 18:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-07-04 06:09 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-07-04 06:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-07-03 17:23 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-07-03 17:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-07-03 04:58 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-07-03 04:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-07-02 16:34 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-07-02 16:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-07-02 04:09 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-07-02 04:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-07-01 15:45 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-07-01 15:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  61. 2026-07-01 03:20 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-07-01 03:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  64. 2026-06-30 14:56 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-06-30 14:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-06-30 02:21 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-06-30 02:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  69. 2026-06-29 13:57 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-06-29 13:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-06-29 01:33 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-06-29 01:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  74. 2026-06-28 13:09 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-06-28 13:09 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-42055?
CVE-2026-42055 is a high vulnerability published on June 17, 2026. NGINX Plus and NGINX Open Source have a vulnerability in the ngxhttpproxyv2module and ngxhttpgrpcmodule modules. This vulnerability exists when the proxyhttpversion to 2 or grpcpass directives are used to proxy HTTP/2 traffic, the ignoreinvalidheaders directive is set to off, and the…
When was CVE-2026-42055 disclosed?
CVE-2026-42055 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 17, 2026, with the most recent update on July 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-42055 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-42055 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 88.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-42055?
CVE-2026-42055 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-42055?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-42055, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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