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CVE-2023-27728

Published: Apr 9, 2023Updated: Feb 11, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-125
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.7%
Top 50.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Nginx NJS v0.7.10 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function njs_dump_is_recursive at src/njs_vmcode.c.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected Products

njsNGINX Inc.Networking Infrastructure
n/an/a
njsf5
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
nginx inc.commercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka nginx, nginx plus, njs
f5commercialUSNetworking Infrastructure

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://github.com/nginx/njs/issues/618
github.com
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-UNMANAGED-NGINXNJS-5416710
security.snyk.io
https://github.com/nginx/njs/commit/1f54b79cabd1d112624ebba4d0a5f07cb3f70e95
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Apr 9, 2023
Last Updated
Feb 11, 2025

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