nginx up to 1.18.0 HTTP Request request smuggling

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A vulnerability was found in nginx up to 1.18.0 (Web Server) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation as part of a HTTP Request leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-444. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

NGINX through 1.18.0 allows an HTTP request smuggling attack that can lead to cache poisoning, credential hijacking, or security bypass.

The weakness was disclosed 05/14/2020. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-12440 since 04/28/2020. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/15/2020).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: CWE-444
ATT&CK: Unknown

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04/28/2020 CVE assigned
05/14/2020 +16 days Advisory disclosed
05/15/2020 +1 days VulDB entry created
05/15/2020 +0 days VulDB last update

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CVE: CVE-2020-12440 (🔒)

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Created: 05/15/2020 09:27 AM
Changes: (18) software_type vulnerability_cwe vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_av vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_ac vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_au vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_ci vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_ii vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_ai vulnerability_cvss3_nvd_av vulnerability_cvss3_nvd_ac vulnerability_cvss3_nvd_pr vulnerability_cvss3_nvd_ui vulnerability_cvss3_nvd_s vulnerability_cvss3_nvd_c vulnerability_cvss3_nvd_i vulnerability_cvss3_nvd_a source_cve_assigned source_cve_nvd_summary
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