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Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-25139 · published 14 February 2022

CVE-2022-25139: F5 njs use after free vulnerability

F5 · Njs

njs through 0.7.0, used in NGINX, was discovered to contain a heap use-after-free in njs_await_fulfilled.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 1.6% · top 24.8% CWE-416 · Use after free
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 7.5
1.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

njs through 0.7.0, used in NGINX, was discovered to contain a heap use-after-free in njs_await_fulfilled.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/nginx/njs/commit/6a07c2156a07ef307b6dcf3c2ca8571a5f1af7a6 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/nginx/njs/issues/451 ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220303-0007/ Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/nginx/njs/commit/6a07c2156a07ef307b6dcf3c2ca8571a5f1af7a6 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/nginx/njs/issues/451 ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220303-0007/ Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-25139), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.