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The Hacker News
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June 18, 2026 at 17:32 UTC
F5 Patches Two Critical NGINX Open Source Flaws Enabling Remote Code Execution
By [email protected] (The Hacker News)
AI Summary
F5 patched two critical vulnerabilities in NGINX Open Source, including CVE-2026-42530 (CVSS v4: 9.2), a use-after-free flaw in ngx_http_v3_module exploitable by remote unauthenticated attackers, enabling potential arbitrary code execution. Given NGINX's ubiquity as a web server and reverse proxy across enterprise and cloud environments, these flaws carry broad exposure risk. Organizations should apply F5's security updates immediately.
Relevance score: 82.0/100
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