UnratedRed Hat & Ubuntu Linux
njs vulnerability
USN-8425-1 Published Jun 11, 2026
CVE-2026-8711
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified
Summary
It was discovered that njs did not properly handle certain client- controlled variables when processing ngx.fetch() requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trigger a heap buffer overflow, resulting in arbitrary code execution or a denial of service. Affected Ubuntu releases: 26.04. CVEs: CVE-2026-8711.
Affected versions
- Ubuntu 26.04
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
Recommended fix / mitigation
- Apply available updates: `sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade` (a standard system update installs the fix).
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
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