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Fedora 44 advisory on nginx-mod-js-challenge rated critical for RCE risk

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Calendar Grey May 15, 2026
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Significant security advisory for Fedora on nginx-mod-js-challenge, addressing critical code execution threats.
nginx-mod-fancyindex: Rebuild for 1.30.1 nginx-mod-headers-more: Rebuild for 1.30.1 nginx-mod-naxsi:

Summary

Simple JavaScript proof-of-work based access for Nginx with virtually no overhead.

Update Information:

nginx-mod-fancyindex: Rebuild for 1.30.1 nginx-mod-headers-more: Rebuild for 1.30.1 nginx-mod-naxsi: Rebuild for 1.30.1 nginx-mod-js-challenge: Rebuild for 1.30.1 nginx-mod-brotli: Rebuild for 1.30.1 nginx-mod-vts: Rebuild for 1.30.1 nginx-mod-modsecurity: Rebuild for 1.30.1 nginx: update to 1.30.1 fixes CVE-2026-42926, CVE-2026-42945, CVE-2026-42946, CVE-2026-42934, CVE-2026-40460 and CVE-2026-40701

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security advisory fedora critical remote code execution CVE nginx-mod-js-challenge

Change Log

* Wed May 13 2026 Felix Kaechele - 0^20230517.gitda6852d-7 - Rebuild for 1.30.1

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2477413 - CVE-2026-42945 nginx: NGINX: Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2477413

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-094eb13bb1' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: nginx-mod-js-challenge
Product: Fedora 44
Version: 0^20230517.gitda6852d
Release: 7.fc44
URL: https://github.com/simon987/ngx_http_js_challenge_module
Summary: Simple JavaScript proof-of-work based access for Nginx with virtually no overhead

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security advisory fedora critical remote code execution CVE nginx-mod-js-challenge

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