CVE-2021-46461
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 3.1% (pctl 88)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
njs through 0.7.0, used in NGINX, was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds array access via njs_vmcode_typeof in /src/njs_vmcode.c.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.15% — more likely to be exploited than 88% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2022-02-14 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| nginx | njs |
References
- https://github.com/nginx/njs/commit/d457c9545e7e71ebb5c0479eb16b9d33175855e2
- https://github.com/nginx/njs/issues/450
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220303-0007/
- https://github.com/nginx/njs/commit/d457c9545e7e71ebb5c0479eb16b9d33175855e2
- https://github.com/nginx/njs/issues/450
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220303-0007/
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