CVE-2024-31079
MEDIUM4.8EPSS 0.83%NGINX HTTP/3 QUIC vulnerability
Published: 5/29/2024Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
When NGINX Plus or NGINX OSS are configured to use the HTTP/3 QUIC module, undisclosed HTTP/3 requests can cause NGINX worker processes to terminate or cause other potential impact. This attack requires that a request be specifically timed during the connection draining process, which the attacker has no visibility and limited influence over.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/nginxfrom 0, < 0
- Bitnami/nginx>= 1.25.0, < 1.26.1
- Bitnami/nginx-gateway>= 1.25.0, < 1.26.1
- Debian/nginxfrom 0, < 1.26.0-2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
References (7)
- ADVISORYhttps://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-31079
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-31079
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MLAOKJWDALQZBIV3WKGPJ6T5Z56D3PRD/
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R7RPLWC35WHEUFCGKNFG62ESNID25TEZ/
- WEBhttps://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000139611
- WEBhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-31079
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/4