NGINX CVE-2026-42945 Exploited in the Wild, Causing Worker Crashes and Possible RCE
2026-05-17T19:24:25Z•ac9fc0bcaa647d07537eef5972d557bf466db9b0037b29989dcb12bf25dac792
CVE-2026-20182CVE-2026-42897CVE-2026-42945CVE-2026-44338CVE-2026-46300Cisco SD-WANClaw ChainExchange ServerFragnesiaFunnel BuilderGemStufferGrafanaKazuarNGINXOpenClawPraisonAIRubyGemsTanStackTurlaWindows zero-dayWooCommercecheckout skimmingnode-ipcsupply chain
What happened
A batch of active and high-impact security incidents and disclosures: a long‑undiscovered heap overflow in NGINX rewrite module (CVE-2026-42945, RCE/worker crashes) is being exploited in the wild; Cisco Catalyst SD‑WAN auth‑bypass (CVE-2026-20182, CVSS 10.0) has been added to CISA KEV and is actively exploited to gain admin access; on‑prem Exchange (CVE-2026-42897) is under active exploitation via crafted email; a PraisonAI auth bypass (CVE-2026-44338) was targeted within hours of disclosure; a new Linux kernel LPE (CVE-2026-46300, “Fragnesia”) and multiple Windows zero‑days were disclosed; a
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- 2026-05-17T19:24:25Z
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