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CVE-2020-36309
ngx_http_lua_module (aka lua-nginx-module) before 0.10.16 in OpenResty allows unsafe characters in an argument when using the API to…
Medium5.3EPSS 1.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
ngx_http_lua_module (aka lua-nginx-module) before 0.10.16 in OpenResty allows unsafe characters in an argument when using the API to mutate a URI, or a request or response header.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- https://github.com/openresty/lua-nginx-module/compare/v0.10.15...v0.10.16 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/openresty/lua-nginx-module/pull/1654 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26712562 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210507-0005/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00026.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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