VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-2266

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability21.51%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-06-15
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

nginx 0.8.36 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain encoded directory traversal sequences that trigger memory corruption, as demonstrated using the "%c0.%c0." sequence.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Primary references