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CVE-2011-4968

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-11-19 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

nginx http proxy module does not verify peer identity of https origin server which could facilitate man-in-the-middle attack (MITM)

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• nginx: 0.7.61, 0.7.62, 0.7.64, 0.7.65, 0.7.66, 0.8.33 (+4)

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/03/8
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57139
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-4968
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-4968
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-4968
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80952
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4968
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/03/8
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57139
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-4968
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-4968
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-4968

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