nginx: fix CVE-2026-42055

This patch applies the upstream fix as referenced in [2],
using the commit shown in [1].

Use version-specific backports: nginx 1.28.3 contains only the affected
gRPC module, while nginx 1.29.7 also contains ngx_http_proxy_v2_module
and therefore carries the complete upstream changes for both modules.

[1] https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/131be8514da8985b15b74150521afedbf9cc4ea3
[2] https://nginx.org/en/security_advisories.html

Signed-off-by: Hetvi Thakar <hthakar@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: Anuj Mittal <anuj.mittal@oss.qualcomm.com>
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Hetvi Thakar authored and Anuj Mittal committed 2026-10-28 12:31:41 +05:30
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@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
From 131be8514da8985b15b74150521afedbf9cc4ea3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roman Arutyunyan <arut@nginx.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 19:37:17 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] Upstream: limit header length for HTTP/2 and gRPC
The change applies the HTTP/2 header length limits to avoid buffer
overflow. See 58a7bc3406ac for details.
Reported by Mufeed VH of Winfunc Research.
CVE: CVE-2026-42055
Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/131be8514da8985b15b74150521afedbf9cc4ea3]
Backport Changes:
- Dropped the ngx_http_proxy_v2_module.c hunk because that module is not
available in nginx 1.28.3. Retained the ngx_http_grpc_module.c fix.
(cherry picked from commit 131be8514da8985b15b74150521afedbf9cc4ea3)
Signed-off-by: Hetvi Thakar <hthakar@cisco.com>
---
src/http/modules/ngx_http_grpc_module.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 44 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_grpc_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_grpc_module.c
index 80046d6a4..84ce51265 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_grpc_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_grpc_module.c
@@ -749,6 +749,12 @@ ngx_http_grpc_create_request(ngx_http_request_t *r)
tmp_len = 0;
} else {
+ if (r->method_name.len > NGX_HTTP_V2_MAX_FIELD) {
+ ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+ "too long http2 method: \"%V\"", &r->method_name);
+ return NGX_ERROR;
+ }
+
len += 1 + NGX_HTTP_V2_INT_OCTETS + r->method_name.len;
tmp_len = r->method_name.len;
}
@@ -769,6 +775,12 @@ ngx_http_grpc_create_request(ngx_http_request_t *r)
uri_len = r->uri.len + escape + sizeof("?") - 1 + r->args.len;
}
+ if (uri_len > NGX_HTTP_V2_MAX_FIELD) {
+ ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+ "too long http2 URI");
+ return NGX_ERROR;
+ }
+
len += 1 + NGX_HTTP_V2_INT_OCTETS + uri_len;
if (tmp_len < uri_len) {
@@ -778,6 +790,12 @@ ngx_http_grpc_create_request(ngx_http_request_t *r)
/* :authority header */
if (!glcf->host_set) {
+ if (ctx->host.len > NGX_HTTP_V2_MAX_FIELD) {
+ ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+ "too long http2 host: \"%V\"", &ctx->host);
+ return NGX_ERROR;
+ }
+
len += 1 + NGX_HTTP_V2_INT_OCTETS + ctx->host.len;
if (tmp_len < ctx->host.len) {
@@ -808,6 +826,18 @@ ngx_http_grpc_create_request(ngx_http_request_t *r)
continue;
}
+ if (key_len > NGX_HTTP_V2_MAX_FIELD) {
+ ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+ "too long http2 header name");
+ return NGX_ERROR;
+ }
+
+ if (val_len > NGX_HTTP_V2_MAX_FIELD) {
+ ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+ "too long http2 header value");
+ return NGX_ERROR;
+ }
+
len += 1 + NGX_HTTP_V2_INT_OCTETS + key_len
+ NGX_HTTP_V2_INT_OCTETS + val_len;
@@ -842,6 +872,20 @@ ngx_http_grpc_create_request(ngx_http_request_t *r)
continue;
}
+ if (header[i].key.len > NGX_HTTP_V2_MAX_FIELD) {
+ ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+ "too long http2 header name: \"%V\"",
+ &header[i].key);
+ return NGX_ERROR;
+ }
+
+ if (header[i].value.len > NGX_HTTP_V2_MAX_FIELD) {
+ ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+ "too long http2 header value: \"%V: %V\"",
+ &header[i].key, &header[i].value);
+ return NGX_ERROR;
+ }
+
len += 1 + NGX_HTTP_V2_INT_OCTETS + header[i].key.len
+ NGX_HTTP_V2_INT_OCTETS + header[i].value.len;
--
2.35.6
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
From 131be8514da8985b15b74150521afedbf9cc4ea3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roman Arutyunyan <arut@nginx.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 19:37:17 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] Upstream: limit header length for HTTP/2 and gRPC
The change applies the HTTP/2 header length limits to avoid buffer
overflow. See 58a7bc3406ac for details.
Reported by Mufeed VH of Winfunc Research.
CVE: CVE-2026-42055
Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/131be8514da8985b15b74150521afedbf9cc4ea3]
(cherry picked from commit 131be8514da8985b15b74150521afedbf9cc4ea3)
Signed-off-by: Hetvi Thakar <hthakar@cisco.com>
---
src/http/modules/ngx_http_grpc_module.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++
src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_v2_module.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 88 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_grpc_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_grpc_module.c
index cc3aebe59..1895ef31b 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_grpc_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_grpc_module.c
@@ -749,6 +749,12 @@ ngx_http_grpc_create_request(ngx_http_request_t *r)
tmp_len = 0;
} else {
+ if (r->method_name.len > NGX_HTTP_V2_MAX_FIELD) {
+ ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+ "too long http2 method: \"%V\"", &r->method_name);
+ return NGX_ERROR;
+ }
+
len += 1 + NGX_HTTP_V2_INT_OCTETS + r->method_name.len;
tmp_len = r->method_name.len;
}
@@ -769,6 +775,12 @@ ngx_http_grpc_create_request(ngx_http_request_t *r)
uri_len = r->uri.len + escape + sizeof("?") - 1 + r->args.len;
}
+ if (uri_len > NGX_HTTP_V2_MAX_FIELD) {
+ ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+ "too long http2 URI");
+ return NGX_ERROR;
+ }
+
len += 1 + NGX_HTTP_V2_INT_OCTETS + uri_len;
if (tmp_len < uri_len) {
@@ -778,6 +790,12 @@ ngx_http_grpc_create_request(ngx_http_request_t *r)
/* :authority header */
if (!glcf->host_set) {
+ if (ctx->host.len > NGX_HTTP_V2_MAX_FIELD) {
+ ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+ "too long http2 host: \"%V\"", &ctx->host);
+ return NGX_ERROR;
+ }
+
len += 1 + NGX_HTTP_V2_INT_OCTETS + ctx->host.len;
if (tmp_len < ctx->host.len) {
@@ -808,6 +826,18 @@ ngx_http_grpc_create_request(ngx_http_request_t *r)
continue;
}
+ if (key_len > NGX_HTTP_V2_MAX_FIELD) {
+ ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+ "too long http2 header name");
+ return NGX_ERROR;
+ }
+
+ if (val_len > NGX_HTTP_V2_MAX_FIELD) {
+ ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+ "too long http2 header value");
+ return NGX_ERROR;
+ }
+
len += 1 + NGX_HTTP_V2_INT_OCTETS + key_len
+ NGX_HTTP_V2_INT_OCTETS + val_len;
@@ -842,6 +872,20 @@ ngx_http_grpc_create_request(ngx_http_request_t *r)
continue;
}
+ if (header[i].key.len > NGX_HTTP_V2_MAX_FIELD) {
+ ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+ "too long http2 header name: \"%V\"",
+ &header[i].key);
+ return NGX_ERROR;
+ }
+
+ if (header[i].value.len > NGX_HTTP_V2_MAX_FIELD) {
+ ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+ "too long http2 header value: \"%V: %V\"",
+ &header[i].key, &header[i].value);
+ return NGX_ERROR;
+ }
+
len += 1 + NGX_HTTP_V2_INT_OCTETS + header[i].key.len
+ NGX_HTTP_V2_INT_OCTETS + header[i].value.len;
diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_v2_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_v2_module.c
index 4c282a864..637fa9a0e 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_v2_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_v2_module.c
@@ -379,6 +379,12 @@ ngx_http_proxy_v2_create_request(ngx_http_request_t *r)
tmp_len = 0;
} else {
+ if (method.len > NGX_HTTP_V2_MAX_FIELD) {
+ ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+ "too long http2 method: \"%V\"", &method);
+ return NGX_ERROR;
+ }
+
len += 1 + NGX_HTTP_V2_INT_OCTETS + method.len;
tmp_len = method.len;
}
@@ -419,6 +425,12 @@ ngx_http_proxy_v2_create_request(ngx_http_request_t *r)
return NGX_ERROR;
}
+ if (uri_len > NGX_HTTP_V2_MAX_FIELD) {
+ ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+ "too long http2 URI");
+ return NGX_ERROR;
+ }
+
len += 1 + NGX_HTTP_V2_INT_OCTETS + uri_len;
if (tmp_len < uri_len) {
@@ -430,6 +442,12 @@ ngx_http_proxy_v2_create_request(ngx_http_request_t *r)
host = &ctx->ctx.vars.host_header;
if (!plcf->host_set) {
+ if (host->len > NGX_HTTP_V2_MAX_FIELD) {
+ ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+ "too long http2 host: \"%V\"", host);
+ return NGX_ERROR;
+ }
+
len += 1 + NGX_HTTP_V2_INT_OCTETS + host->len;
if (tmp_len < host->len) {
@@ -486,6 +504,18 @@ ngx_http_proxy_v2_create_request(ngx_http_request_t *r)
continue;
}
+ if (key_len > NGX_HTTP_V2_MAX_FIELD) {
+ ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+ "too long http2 header name");
+ return NGX_ERROR;
+ }
+
+ if (val_len > NGX_HTTP_V2_MAX_FIELD) {
+ ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+ "too long http2 header value");
+ return NGX_ERROR;
+ }
+
len += 1 + NGX_HTTP_V2_INT_OCTETS + key_len
+ NGX_HTTP_V2_INT_OCTETS + val_len;
@@ -520,6 +550,20 @@ ngx_http_proxy_v2_create_request(ngx_http_request_t *r)
continue;
}
+ if (header[i].key.len > NGX_HTTP_V2_MAX_FIELD) {
+ ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+ "too long http2 header name: \"%V\"",
+ &header[i].key);
+ return NGX_ERROR;
+ }
+
+ if (header[i].value.len > NGX_HTTP_V2_MAX_FIELD) {
+ ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+ "too long http2 header value: \"%V: %V\"",
+ &header[i].key, &header[i].value);
+ return NGX_ERROR;
+ }
+
len += 1 + NGX_HTTP_V2_INT_OCTETS + header[i].key.len
+ NGX_HTTP_V2_INT_OCTETS + header[i].value.len;
--
2.35.6
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ SRC_URI:append = " \
file://CVE-2026-42946_p2.patch \
file://CVE-2026-42945.patch \
file://CVE-2026-9256.patch \
file://CVE-2026-42055.patch \
"
LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=3dc49537b08b14c8b66ad247bb4c4593"
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ SRC_URI:append = " \
file://CVE-2026-42946_p2.patch \
file://CVE-2026-42945.patch \
file://CVE-2026-9256.patch \
file://CVE-2026-42055.patch \
"
# 1.28.x branch is the current stable branch, the recommended default