USN-8955-1: nginx vulnerabilities

USN-8955-1: nginx vulnerabilities

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/rss.xml / Mon, 10/26/2026 - 22:11
It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled certain configurations using the alias directive together with rewrite rules. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause nginx to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-15176) It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled map directives using regex matching under certain circumstances. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause nginx to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-93479) It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled HTTP/3 requests when proxy_request_buffering was enabled. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Ubuntu 26.10. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to inject data into proxied requests. (CVE-2026-95101) It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled asynchronous file I/O in certain configurations with Server Side Includes pages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause nginx to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-97205) It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled SSL session ticket keys when configured with a shared session cache but without explicit ticket key rotation. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.10. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to forge client SSL sessions and bypass client certificate verification. (CVE-2026-97629)

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