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TI-2017-14078 Aliases CVE-2017-20005GHSA-6g54-r3q8-8jvq

NGINX before 1.13.6 has a buffer overflow for years that exceed four digits, as…

Priority MEDIUM 55CWE-120Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

NGINX before 1.13.6 has a buffer overflow for years that exceed four digits, as demonstrated by a file with a modification date in 1969 that causes an integer overflow (or a false modification date far in the future), when encountered by the autoindex module.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.03258 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.13.6VulnerableF5
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.13.6 Vulnerable ·F5
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 5 products
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2
  • Red Hat Ansible Tower 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Software Collections

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-20005
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6g54-r3q8-8jvq

References

Exploit 1

Patch 2

Advisory 3

Sources

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