TI-2024-16481 Aliases CVE-2024-24990 GHSA-38gr-cjjp-3f5w

NGINX HTTP/3 QUIC vulnerability

MEDIUM 41CWE-416Published 2024-02-14 · Updated 2025-05-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

When NGINX Plus or NGINX OSS are configured to use the HTTP/3 QUIC module, undisclosed requests can cause NGINX worker processes to terminate. Note: The HTTP/3 QUIC module is not enabled by default and is considered experimental. For more information, refer to Support for QUIC and HTTP/3 https://nginx.org/en/docs/quic.html . Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00907 60th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed NGINX Plus (F5): R31 P1, R30 P2NGINX Open Source (F5): 1.25.4

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Partial

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
F5	NGINX Plus	R31 to before R31 P1; R30 to before R30 P2	R31 P1, R30 P2	Patch available	CNA
F5	NGINX Open Source	1.25.0 to before 1.25.4	1.25.4	Patch available	CNA

NGINX Plus VendorF5 Affected R31 to before R31 P1; R30 to before R30 P2 Fixed in R31 P1, R30 P2 Patch available CNA
NGINX Open Source VendorF5 Affected 1.25.0 to before 1.25.4 Fixed in 1.25.4 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_open_source::::::::	1.25.0 to before 1.25.4	Vulnerable	F5
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_plus:r30:-::::::	r30	Vulnerable	F5
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_plus:r30:p1::::::	r30 p1	Vulnerable	F5
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_plus:r31:-::::::	r31	Vulnerable	F5

cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_open_source:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.25.0 to before 1.25.4 Vulnerable ·F5
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_plus:r30:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions r30 Vulnerable ·F5
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_plus:r30:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions r30 p1 Vulnerable ·F5
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_plus:r31:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions r31 Vulnerable ·F5

Remediation

Fix · CNA NGINX Plus (F5) Fixed in R31 P1, R30 P2
Fix · CNA NGINX Open Source (F5) Fixed in 1.25.4

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2024-02-14
F5 NGINX Open Source 1.25.4
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-16480 NGINX HTTP/3 QUIC vulnerabilityPriority MEDIUM 41
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Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Not affected: 4 products

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red Hat Software Collections

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-24990
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-38gr-cjjp-3f5w

References

Advisory 1

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000138445

Other 1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/4

TI-2026-31136 NGINX ngx_http_rewrite_module vulnerability CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
TI-2026-22036 NGINX ngx_http_dav_module vulnerability CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2026-08132 NGINX ngx_http_rewrite_module vulnerability CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
TI-2026-30812 NGINX Open-Source ngx_http_v3_module vulnerability CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
TI-2026-30432 NGINX ngx_http_proxy_v2_module and ngx_http_grpc_module vulnerability CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
TI-2026-42786 NGINX ngx_http_slice_module vulnerability CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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