[CVE-2026-42945] NGINX Rift: Achieving NGINX Remote Code Execution via an 18-Year-Old Vulnerability
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Summary
depthfirst's system found four remote memory-corruption bugs in NGINX, including a 2008-era heap overflow (CVE-2026-42945); a PoC shows RCE with ASLR off. rewrite/set users are at risk.
- CVE
- CVE-2026-42945
- Published
- Collected
--- id: 5436 title: "[CVE-2026-42945] NGINX Rift: Achieving NGINX Remote Code Execution via an 18-Year-Old Vulnerability" cve: CVE-2026-42945 source_domain: depthfirst.com source_url: "https://depthfirst.com/research/nginx-rift-achieving-nginx-rce-via-an-18-year-old-vulnerability" published_at: "2026-05-13T12:00:00Z" tags: ["rce", "vulnerability-research", "memory-corruption", "heap-overflow", "nginx", "cve-2026-42945"] phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/5436" lang: en --- # [CVE-2026-42945] NGINX Rift: Achieving NGINX Remote Code Execution via an 18-Year-Old Vulnerability ## Summary depthfirst's system found four remote memory-corruption bugs in NGINX, including a 2008-era heap overflow (CVE-2026-42945); a PoC shows RCE with ASLR off. rewrite/set users are at risk. ## Intelligence Metadata - **Sources:** depthfirst.com - **CVE:** CVE-2026-42945 - **Published:** 2026-05-13T12:00:00Z - **Original:** https://depthfirst.com/research/nginx-rift-achieving-nginx-rce-via-an-18-year-old-vulnerability - **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/5436