Summary
USN-8398-1 fixed a vulnerability in nginx. The update introduced a
regression causing nginx to crash when being used with external modules.
This update reverts the fix for CVE-2026-49975 pending further
investigation.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled certain cookie headers in
the HTTP/2 implementation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause nginx to consume excessive resources, resulting in a denial of
service.
Fixed packages 4
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS | nginx | 1.18.0-6ubuntu14.14 |
| Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS | nginx | 1.24.0-2ubuntu7.11 |
| Ubuntu · 25.10 | nginx | 1.28.0-6ubuntu1.6 |
| Ubuntu · 26.04 LTS 26.04:LTS | nginx | 1.28.3-2ubuntu1.4 |
References
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report
https://launchpad.net/bugs/2155992