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"Critical NGINX vulnerability can crash workers and may allow remote code execution." Views expressed in this cybersecurity, cyber crime update are those of the reporters and correspondents. Accessed on 20 July 2026, 0133 UTC. Content and Source: "The Hacker News." URL--https://thehackernews.com. Please check URL or scroll down to read your selections. Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://www.hawaiicybersecurityjournal.net). Critical NGINX Vulnerability Can Crash Workers and May Allow Remote Code Execution Jul 19, 2026 Vulnerability / Server Security F5 has shipped fixes for a critical nginx flaw that lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker trigger a heap buffer overflow in the worker process with crafted HTTP requests. CVE-2026-42533 was patched on July 15 in nginx 1.30.4 (stable) and 1.31.3 (mainline) , and in NGINX Plus 37.0.3.1; anyone on an earlier build should upgrade. Triggering it can crash or restart the worker, causing a denial of servic...