CVE-2026-78222CWE-476

CVE-2026-78222

High · published September 2, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
49.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability exists in NGINX JavaScript where a malformed HTTP response received by ngx.fetch() can crash an NGINX worker when trusted JavaScript reads Response.statusText. Exploitation requires control or influence over the fetched HTTP response.

Impact:

This vulnerability may allow remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) on the NGINX system. There is no control plane exposure; this is a data plane issue only.

Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00623 · 49.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2026-09-02T20:17Z
References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 SEP 03:44Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 02 SEP 15:40Z
    NGINX ngx_http_js_module vulnerability
    cvelistv5