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nginx-module-cache-purge -- symlink traversal when walking cache trees

Affected packages
nginx-module-cache-purge < 3.0.4

Details

VuXML ID f0604004-c87b-11f1-9006-3497f65b111b
Discovery 2026-10-11
Entry 2026-10-15

The ngx_cache_purge developers report:

Fixed a symlink traversal vulnerability during cache tree traversal. An attacker with the ability to create symbolic links inside the cache directory could potentially cause cache purge operations to delete arbitrary files accessible to the NGINX worker process (CVE-2026-108981).

References

CVE Name CVE-2026-108981
URL https://github.com/nginx-modules/ngx_cache_purge/releases/tag/3.0.4