Vulnerability · Published Apr 12, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-11724
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the nginx package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.6% (higher than 85% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.6%top 14.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in OpenResty before 1.15.8.4. ngx_http_lua_subrequest.c allows HTTP request smuggling, as demonstrated by the ngx.location.capture API.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | nginx | 1.18.0-5 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11724 |
| Debian:13 | nginx | 1.18.0-5 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11724 |
| Debian:14 | nginx | 1.18.0-5 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11724 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/openresty/openresty/blob/4e8b4c395f842a078e429c80dd063b2323999957/patches/ngx_http_lua-0.10.15-fix_location_capture_content_length_chunked.patch x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/openresty/lua-nginx-module/commit/9ab38e8ee35fc08a57636b1b6190dca70b0076fa x_refsource_MISC
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200720 [SECURITY] [DLA 2283-1] nginx security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- DSA-4750 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0002/ x_refsource_CONFIRM