Update your nginx instances
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/46851448
- Affected an non-affected versions https://nginx.org/en/security_advisories.html
- CVE record https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42945
- CVE details https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42945
- PoC https://github.com/DepthFirstDisclosures/Nginx-Rift
CVE - Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures system
RCE - Remote Code Execution
PoC - Proof of Concept
It’s days like this where I’m happy I’m unemployed. I have a group chat with a few friends and they’re pushing out patches and it’s a bit of a rush.
All my publicly accessible servers update every 6 hours and reboot after whenever they need to. It’s rare I need to step in and fix something. I checked a few hours ago and I’m not at risk.
not the flex you think it is.
didn’t npm have a worm problem a few days ago?
Yep. I wasn’t affected thankfully. Didn’t realise I was flexing, sorry. Just happy most of my stack is automated and it’s quite low maintenance at this point.
Where do I draw the line then? Serious question. If updating every couple hours is bad, then what’s safe?
for corporate services we do every 30 days. which is standard. emergency patches get direct support and resolved quickly.