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Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-43286 · published 28 October 2022

CVE-2022-43286: F5 njs use after free vulnerability

F5 · Njs

Nginx NJS v0.7.2 was discovered to contain a heap-use-after-free bug caused by illegal memory copy in the function njs_json_parse_iterator_call at njs_json.c.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 0.96% · top 40.0% CWE-416 · Use after free
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score
0.96%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Nginx NJS v0.7.2 was discovered to contain a heap-use-after-free bug caused by illegal memory copy in the function njs_json_parse_iterator_call at njs_json.c.

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/2ad0ea24a58d570634e09c2e58c3b314505eaa6a PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/nginx/njs/issues/480 ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/nginx/njs/commit/2ad0ea24a58d570634e09c2e58c3b314505eaa6a PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/nginx/njs/issues/480 ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-43286), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.