GLSA-202608-16 : nginx: Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 337633

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202608-16 (nginx: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in nginx. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All nginx users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=www-servers/nginx-1.30.4-r1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 337633

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202608-16.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 8/18/2026

Updated: 8/18/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

Percentile: 99.76

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-60005

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42946

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.2

Threat Score: 8.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-9256

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:nginx

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-23419, CVE-2025-53859, CVE-2026-1642, CVE-2026-27651, CVE-2026-27654, CVE-2026-27784, CVE-2026-28753, CVE-2026-28755, CVE-2026-32647, CVE-2026-40701, CVE-2026-42055, CVE-2026-42530, CVE-2026-42533, CVE-2026-42934, CVE-2026-42945, CVE-2026-42946, CVE-2026-48142, CVE-2026-56434, CVE-2026-60005, CVE-2026-9256

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