Nginx Plus vulnerabilitiesAnd the versions its exploited flaws hit.

Product1 known exploited36 versions
The short answer

Nginx Plus is made by F5. We track 11 published vulnerabilities in it, across 36 versions. 1 of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited, the newest added on 10 October 2023. If you run Nginx Plus, check your version against the exploited flaws below and patch those first.

Check your version

The most recent Nginx Plus flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2023-44487, on 10 October 2023. We keep watching the known-exploited list.

Versions

Which versions of Nginx Plus do the exploited flaws hit?

Each exploited flaw lists the versions it affects, usually as ranges. "r25 to before r29" means from r25 up to, but not including, r29. Find your version, then patch.

  • CVE-2023-44487Exploited list, 10 Oct 2023

    HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Attack Vulnerability

    r25 to before r29r29r30
Known exploited

Which Nginx Plus vulnerabilities are being exploited?

1 flaw is on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.

  1. 7.5
    CVE-2023-44487HighKnown exploited
    HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Attack Vulnerability

    HTTP/2 contains a rapid reset vulnerability that allows for a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS).

    Chance of use>99%Known exploited since10 Oct 2023
Exploit likelihood

Which Nginx Plus flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. >99%
    CVE-2023-44487HighKnown exploited

    The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because request cancellation can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023.

    CVSS7.5Published10 Oct 2023
  2. 1.1%

    When NGINX Plus or NGINX OSS are configured to use the HTTP/3 QUIC module, undisclosed requests can cause NGINX worker processes to terminate.

    CVSS7.5Published14 Feb 2024
  3. 0.9%

    When NGINX Plus or NGINX OSS are configured to use the HTTP/3 QUIC module, undisclosed HTTP/3 requests can cause NGINX worker processes to terminate.

    CVSS5.3Published29 May 2024
  4. 0.9%

    When NGINX Plus or NGINX OSS are configured to use the HTTP/3 QUIC module, undisclosed requests can cause NGINX worker processes to terminate.

    CVSS7.5Published14 Feb 2024
  5. 0.9%

    When NGINX Plus or NGINX OSS are configured to use the HTTP/3 QUIC module, undisclosed HTTP/3 requests can cause NGINX worker processes to terminate or cause other potential impact.

    CVSS4.8Published29 May 2024
  6. 0.9%

    When NGINX Plus or NGINX OSS are configured to use the HTTP/3 QUIC module and the network infrastructure supports a Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) of 4096 or greater without fragmentation, undisclosed QUIC packets...

    CVSS5.3Published29 May 2024
  7. 0.9%

    When NGINX Plus or NGINX OSS are configured to use the HTTP/3 QUIC module, undisclosed HTTP/3 encoder instructions can cause NGINX worker processes to terminate or cause or other potential impact.

    CVSS6.5Published29 May 2024
  8. 0.6%

    When the NGINX Plus is configured to use the MQTT pre-read module, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in memory resource utilization.

    CVSS8.7Published14 Aug 2024
  9. 0.4%

    NGINX Open Source and NGINX Plus have a vulnerability in the ngx_mail_smtp_module that might allow an unauthenticated attacker to over-read NGINX SMTP authentication process memory; as a result, the server side may...

    CVSS3.7Published13 Aug 2025
  10. 0.3%

    NGINX Open Source and NGINX Plus have a vulnerability in the ngx_http_mp4_module, which might allow an attacker to over-read NGINX worker memory resulting in its termination, using a specially crafted mp4 file.

    CVSS5.7Published14 Aug 2024
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We track 11 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Nginx Plus, across 36 versions. The most recent Nginx Plus flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2023-44487, on 10 October 2023.

1 is on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added is CVE-2023-44487.

Each flaw names its own versions, usually as ranges. The newest, CVE-2023-44487, affects r25 to before r29, r29, r30. The versions for every exploited flaw are listed on this page.

Create a Precursor Intelligence account and track Nginx Plus. We match it against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and keep watching, so you hear about new ones as soon as we know, by email, in the app or by webhook.