NGINX: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von Informationen
WID-SEC-2025-1817 · first 14.08.2025 · updated 17.08.2026 · CVSS 3,7
What it is about
NGINX ist eine Webserver-, Reverse Proxy- und E-Mail-Proxy Software. NGINX Plus ist die kommerzielle Variante von NGINX, einer Webserver-, Reverse Proxy- und E-Mail Proxy Software. Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in NGINX und NGINX NGINX Plus ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.
Under what conditions?
Over the network and without logging in. This is the most dangerous combination: attackers can scan reachable devices automatically.
What can happen in the worst case
An attacker could use the vulnerability to
- Informationen offenzulegen
Am I affected?
Affected according to the BSI:
- Debian Linux
- Amazon Linux 2
- Fedora Linux
- Ubuntu Linux
- SUSE Linux
- SUSE openSUSE
- Gentoo Linux
- NGINX NGINX 0.7 <1.29.1
- NGINX NGINX Plus R30
- NGINX NGINX Plus R31
- NGINX NGINX Plus R33 <R33 P3
- NGINX NGINX Plus R32 <R32 P3
and 1 more
The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.
What helps?
Update to at least:
- NGINX NGINX 0.7 1.29.1
- NGINX NGINX Plus R33 R33 P3
- NGINX NGINX Plus R32 R32 P3
- NGINX NGINX Plus R34 R34 P2
Is the vulnerability already being exploited?
None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.
Information and sources
- Original BSI advisory (WID)
- F5 Security Advisory K000152786 vom 2025-08-13 my.f5.com
- Red Hat Bugtracker #2388238 vom 2025-08-13 bugzilla.redhat.com
- openSUSE Security Update OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15450-1 vom 2025-08-16 lists.opensuse.org
- Amazon Linux Security Advisory ALAS2NGINX1-2025-009 vom 2025-08-19 alas.aws.amazon.com
- Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7715-1 vom 2025-08-25 ubuntu.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2025:03089-1 vom 2025-09-05 lists.suse.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2025:03243-1 vom 2025-09-17 lists.suse.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2025:03444-1 vom 2025-10-01 lists.opensuse.org
- Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2025-8CAA129B2E vom 2025-12-26 bodhi.fedoraproject.org
- Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2025-530E10091C vom 2025-12-26 bodhi.fedoraproject.org
- Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2025-8AA169EA14 vom 2025-12-26 bodhi.fedoraproject.org
- Debian Security Advisory DLA-4589 vom 2026-05-18 lists.debian.org
- Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8375-1 vom 2026-06-03 ubuntu.com
- Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA-202608-16 vom 2026-08-17 security.gentoo.org
CVE: CVE-2025-53859
Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.