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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2026-03-27 07:10

Modified

2026-03-27 07:40

Summary

NGINX ngx_mail_auth_http_module vulnerability

Details

When the ngx_mail_auth_http_module module is enabled on NGINX Plus or NGINX Open Source, undisclosed requests can cause worker processes to terminate. This issue may occur when (1) CRAM-MD5 or APOP authentication is enabled, and (2) the authentication server permits retry by returning the Auth-Wait response header. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

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      "package": {
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        "name": "nginx",
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    "CVE-2026-27651"
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  },
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  "id": "BIT-nginx-2026-27651",
  "modified": "2026-03-27T07:40:55.991Z",
  "published": "2026-03-27T07:10:02.387Z",
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.6.2",
  "summary": "NGINX ngx_mail_auth_http_module vulnerability"
}

CVE-2026-27651 (GCVE-0-2026-27651)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-24 14:13 – Updated: 2026-03-24 15:14

Title

NGINX ngx_mail_auth_http_module vulnerability

Summary

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

8.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Assigner

References

URL

Tags

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000160383

vendor-advisory

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

NGINX Open Source

Affected: 1.29.0 , < 1.29.7 (semver)
Affected: 0.5.15 , < 1.28.3 (semver)

NGINX Plus

Affected: R36 , < R36 P3 (custom)
Affected: R35 , < R35 P2 (custom)
Affected: R34 , < * (custom)
Affected: R33 , < * (custom)
Affected: R32 , < R32 P5 (custom)

Date Public ?

2026-03-24 14:00

Credits

F5 acknowledges Arkadi Vainbrand for bringing this issue to our attention and following the highest standards of coordinated disclosure.

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2026-27651 (GCVE-0-2026-27651)

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