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medium 4.8

CVE-2026-48142 json

NGINX ngx_http_charset_module vulnerability

published 4mo ago modified 2mo ago also BIT-nginx-2026-48142 , BIT-nginx-gateway-2026-48142 , BIT-nginx-gateway-fabric-2026-48142 , EUVD-2026-37719

cvss
4.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

NGINX Plus and NGINX Open Source have a vulnerability in the ngx_http_charset_module module. When content is served or proxied through a location block with both source_charset utf-8; and a charset directive (for example, charset koi8-r;) configured, remote, unauthenticated attackers can send requests (in conjunction with conditions beyond their control) to cause a heap buffer over-read in the NGINX worker process, leading to limited disclosure of memory or a restart.

Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami nginx 1.30.3, 1.31.2
  • bitnami nginx-gateway 1.30.3, 1.31.2
  • bitnami nginx-gateway-fabric 2.6.4
  • F5 NGINX Open Source 1.30.3, 1.31.2
  • F5 NGINX Plus 37.0.2.1, R36 P6
  • nginx Debian 12 1.22.1-9+deb12u9
  • nginx Debian 13 1.26.3-3+deb13u7
  • nginx Debian 14 1.30.1-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-48142

  • nginx Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1.18.0-6ubuntu14.16
  • nginx Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 1.24.0-2ubuntu7.13
  • nginx Ubuntu 25.10 1.28.0-6ubuntu1.8
  • nginx Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 1.28.3-2ubuntu1.6

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-48142

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • nginx hummingbird 1 1.30.3-2.hum1
  • nginx-core hummingbird 1 1.30.3-2.hum1
  • nginx-mod-mail hummingbird 1 1.30.3-2.hum1
  • nginx-filesystem hummingbird 1 1.30.3-2.hum1
  • nginx-mod-stream hummingbird 1 1.30.3-2.hum1
  • nginx-all-modules hummingbird 1 1.30.3-2.hum1
  • nginx-mod-http-perl hummingbird 1 1.30.3-2.hum1
  • nginx-mod-http-geoip hummingbird 1 1.30.3-2.hum1

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:27197

  • nginx SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS +5 more 1.21.5-150400.3.25.1
  • nginx SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES 15 SP6-LTSS, SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP7 1.21.5-150600.10.24.1
  • nginx SLES 16.0, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 1.27.2-160000.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:3448-1SUSE-SU-2026:3329-1SUSE-SU-2026:22943-1SUSE-SU-2026:22951-1

  • nginx openSUSE Leap 16.0 1.27.2-160000.6.1
  • nginx openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.31.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21439-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11066-1

  • nginx Alpine 3.21 1.26.3-r2
  • nginx Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 1.28.3-r4
  • nginx Alpine 3.24 1.30.3-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-48142

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • nginx Azure Linux 3.0 1.28.3-6

azure linux advisories AZL-91176

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-48142 updated cvss 4.8

nginx: NGINX: Memory disclosure or denial of service via ngx_http_charset_module heap buffer over-read

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 nginx, nginx-mod-mail, nginx-filesystem, nginx-mod-stream, nginx-all-modules, nginx-mod-http-perl, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 nginx, nginx-core, nginx-mod-mail, nginx-filesystem, nginx-mod-stream, nginx-all-modules, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 nginx
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Hardened Images nginx 1.30.3-2.hum1, nginx-core 1.30.3-2.hum1, nginx-mod-mail 1.30.3-2.hum1, nginx-filesystem 1.30.3-2.hum1, nginx-mod-stream 1.30.3-2.hum1, nginx-all-modules 1.30.3-2.hum1, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:27197

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
4mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
CNA 4.0 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 4.0 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami nginx
>=1.0.0, <1.30.3
>=1.31.0, <1.31.2
1.30.3
1.31.2
bitnami nginx-gateway
>=1.0.0, <1.30.3
>=1.31.0, <1.31.2
1.30.3
1.31.2
bitnami nginx-gateway-fabric
>=1.3.0, <2.6.4
2.6.4

Affected products

  • F5 NGINX Open Source
  • F5 NGINX Plus

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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