Fedora 42 nginx-mod-headers-more Critical Data Injection Flaw CVE-2026-1642
fedora
February 15, 2026
nginx-mod-fancyindex: Rebuild for 1.28.2 nginx-mod-headers-more: Rebuild for 1.28.2 nginx-mod-brotli:
Summary
This module allows adding, setting, or clearing specified input/output headers.
This is an enhanced version of the standard headers module because it provides
more utilities like resetting or clearing "builtin headers" like Content-Type,
Content-Length, and Server.
Update Information:
nginx-mod-fancyindex: Rebuild for 1.28.2 nginx-mod-headers-more: Rebuild for 1.28.2 nginx-mod-brotli: Rebuild for 1.28.2 nginx-mod-modsecurity: Rebuild for 1.28.2 nginx-mod-vts: Rebuild for 1.28.2 nginx-mod-naxsi: Rebuild for 1.28.2 nginx: Update to 1.28.2 fixes CVE-2026-1642 move log directory to nginx-filesystem subpackage (PR#20) delete Maxim Dounin's key, it's no longer listed on the nginx website
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Wed Feb 4 2026 Felix Kaechele
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2436870 - CVE-2026-1642 nginx: NGINX: Data injection via man-in-the-middle attack on TLS proxied connections [fedora-42]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2436870
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-0b8cc86e5b' 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-headers-more
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 0.39
Release: 6.fc42
Summary: This module allows adding, setting, or clearing specified input/output headers
Topics Covered
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