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CVE-2024-24990

NGINX HTTP/3 QUIC vulnerability

Published: Feb 14, 2024Updated: Feb 13, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDU csafCWE-416
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.9%
Top 44.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

When NGINX Plus or NGINX OSS are configured to use the HTTP/3 QUIC module, undisclosed requests can cause NGINX worker processes to terminate. Note: The HTTP/3 QUIC module is not enabled by default and is considered experimental. For more information, refer to Support for QUIC and HTTP/3 https://nginx.org/en/docs/quic.html . Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

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-416

Affected Products

NGINX PlusF5
On-premWeb App
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
NGINX Open SourceF5
On-premWeb App
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
nginx open sourcef5
On-premWeb App
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
nginx plusf5
On-premWeb App
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
f5commercialUSNetworking Infrastructure
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
and 4 more affected products View all →

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000138445
my.f5.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/4
openwall.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-517338.json
cert-portal.siemens.com
and 16 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Feb 14, 2024
Last Updated
Feb 13, 2025
News mentions
1

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