CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-27651

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Mar 24, 2026 | Modified: Mar 30, 2026
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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When the ngx_mail_auth_http_module module is enabled on NGINX Plus or NGINX Open Source, undisclosed requests can cause worker processes to terminate. This issue may occur when (1) CRAM-MD5 or APOP authentication is enabled, and (2) the authentication server permits retry by returning the Auth-Wait response header. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Nginx_open_sourceF50.5.15 (including)0.9.7 (including)
Nginx_open_sourceF51.0.0 (including)1.28.3 (excluding)
Nginx_open_sourceF51.29.0 (including)1.29.7 (excluding)
Nginx_plusF5r33 (including)r35 (excluding)
Nginx_plusF5r32 (including)r32 (including)
Nginx_plusF5r32-p1 (including)r32-p1 (including)
Nginx_plusF5r32-p2 (including)r32-p2 (including)
Nginx_plusF5r32-p3 (including)r32-p3 (including)
Nginx_plusF5r32-p4 (including)r32-p4 (including)
Nginx_plusF5r35 (including)r35 (including)
Nginx_plusF5r35-p1 (including)r35-p1 (including)
Nginx_plusF5r36 (including)r36 (including)
Nginx_plusF5r36-p1 (including)r36-p1 (including)
Nginx_plusF5r36-p2 (including)r36-p2 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10RedHatnginx-2:1.26.3-2.el10_1.1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update SupportRedHatnginx-2:1.26.3-1.el10_0.8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatnginx:1.24-8100020260401080144.489197e6*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9RedHatnginx:1.24-9070020260331134728.9*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9RedHatnginx-2:1.20.1-24.el9_7.2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9RedHatnginx:1.26-9070020260407080353.9*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRedHatnginx-1:1.20.1-10.el9_0.3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRedHatnginx-1:1.20.1-14.el9_2.5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update SupportRedHatnginx-1:1.20.1-16.el9_4.5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update SupportRedHatnginx:1.24-9040020260504195322.9*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update SupportRedHatnginx-2:1.20.1-22.el9_6.5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update SupportRedHatnginx:1.24-9060020260504194843.9*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update SupportRedHatnginx:1.26-9060020260504154614.9*
Red Hat Hardened ImagesRedHatnginx-main-1.30.0-1.hum1*
Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5RedHatrhui5/cds-rhel9:1776868774*
Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5RedHatrhui5/rhua-rhel9:1776868842*
NginxUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
NginxUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/xenial*
NginxUbuntuesm-infra/bionic*
NginxUbuntuesm-infra/focal*
NginxUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
NginxUbuntujammy*
NginxUbuntunoble*
NginxUbuntuquesting*
NginxUbuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References