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#9 SecurityWeek general May 16, 2026 at 10:02 UTC

PoC Code Published for Critical NGINX Vulnerability

By Ionut Arghire

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A critical-severity vulnerability in NGINX Plus and NGINX open source, introduced in 2008 and patched this week, now has public proof-of-concept exploit code available. The nearly two-decade-old flaw's PoC publication significantly raises the risk of mass exploitation against unpatched NGINX deployments, which are ubiquitous in web infrastructure. Operators should prioritize patching given the immediate availability of working exploit code.

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