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Fedora 44 nginx-mod-js-challenge Moderate Access Issue Fix 2026-60fc198d3b

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Calendar Grey July 22, 2026
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This Fedora update addresses critical security flaws in nginx-mod-js-challenge, preventing arbitrary code execution risks.
The Fedora update notification details several nginx module rebuilds and a version update to fix critical vulnerabilities, including CVE-2026-42533, while providing installation in...

Summary

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

Update Information:

nginx-mod-fancyindex: Rebuild for 1.30.4 nginx-mod-modsecurity: Rebuild for 1.30.4 nginx-mod-naxsi: Rebuild for 1.30.4 nginx-mod-headers-more: Rebuild for 1.30.4 nginx-mod-brotli: Rebuild for 1.30.4 nginx-mod-js-challenge: Rebuild for 1.30.4 nginx-mod-vts: Rebuild for 1.30.4 nginx: update to 1.30.4 fixes CVE-2026-42533, CVE-2026-60005, CVE-2026-56434

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security advisory fedora critical access control arbitrary code execution nginx-mod-js-challenge

Change Log

* Sun Jul 19 2026 Felix Kaechele - 0^20230517.gitda6852d-11 - Rebuild for 1.30.4 * Thu Jul 16 2026 Fedora Release Engineering - 0^20230517.gitda6852d-10 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_45_Mass_Rebuild

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2501307 - CVE-2026-42533 nginx: NGINX: Arbitrary code execution via crafted HTTP requests [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2501307

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-60fc198d3b' 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: 11.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 access control arbitrary code execution nginx-mod-js-challenge

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