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CVSS 8.1 HIGH 🔴 ACTIVELY EXPLOITED Vulnerability

CVE-2026-42533: 15-Year-Old NGINX Vulnerability Lets Attackers Crash Workers and Achieve Remote Code Exec…

A newly disclosed flaw tracked as CVE-2026-42533 affects nginx’s script engine and has been silently exploitable since March 2011, when the map directive gained regex support. Security researcher Stan Shaw reporte…

8.1CVSS Score
HIGHSeverity
NOCISA KEV
0.8%EPSS Score
VulnerabilityImpact Type

📋 Vulnerability Details

CVE IDCVE-2026-42533
VendorUnknown Vendor
Affected ProductUnknown Product
Vulnerability TypeVulnerability
CVSS Score8.1 (HIGH)
EPSS Score0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Actively Exploited✅ Yes
Patch StatusPending Vendor Disclosure
Reported ByCYBERDUDEBIVASH SENTINEL APEX Intelligence (via sentinel_apex)

🔬 Technical Analysis

A newly disclosed flaw tracked as CVE-2026-42533 affects nginx’s script engine and has been silently exploitable since March 2011, when the map directive gained regex support. Security researcher Stan Shaw reported the bug to F5 SIRT, which coordinated a fix released in ngi... [Full analysis available on Pro]

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