CVE-2026-42055

CVSS 8.1 · HIGH
EPSS p46
Lower risk — in the top 54% least-likely-to-be-exploited CVEs.
No patch reference
No patch/mitigation in references

Published 6/17/2026 · updated 6/18/2026 · CWE-122

Share
Get asset-aware triage

Summary

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 8.1HIGH

8.1 / 10
  • AV: Network
  • AC: High complexity
  • PR: No privileges
  • UI: No user interaction
  • S: Scope unchanged
  • C: Confidentiality: High
  • I: Integrity: High
  • A: Availability: High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS exploitation probability

0.6%

Percentile p46 Lower risk — in the top 54% least-likely-to-be-exploited CVEs.

Timeline

  1. Jun 17, 2026 · Disclosed / published in NVD
  2. Jun 18, 2026 · Intel last updated

Intel sources

Which upstream feeds returned data for this CVE, and when they were last fetched.

  • NVD· 44 days ago
  • CVE.org· no data
  • FIRST EPSS· 44 days ago
  • CISA KEV· no data
  • OSV· 44 days ago

References

Unlock the full report

See how CVE-2026-42055 hits your stack.

Free public data ends here. Sign in to correlate this CVE against your SBOM and assets, get an AI-grounded exploit chain, generate a ModSecurity virtual patch, and share findings with your team.

  • · Asset-aware CVSS & priority
  • · Grounded AI analysis (A–D graded)
  • · Auto-generated WAF / IPS rules
  • · Jira, SIEM, Slack, Teams delivery

No credit card · 100 free enrichments · analyst-grade citations.