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AI agent finds 18-year-old remote code execution flaw in Nginx
Researchers have found a critical vulnerability in the widely used Nginx web server that can potentially lead to remote code execution under certain conditions.
Summary
Researchers have found a critical vulnerability in the widely used Nginx web server that can potentially lead to remote code execution under certain conditions. The flaw is a heap buffer overflow that has gone undetected in the program’s code for the past 18 years. Tracked as CVE-2026-42945 , the vulnerability is one of 4 bugs found in Nginx by researchers from security startup DepthFirst AI, using their LLM-powered platform.
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