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Nginx End of Life (EOL) Detection

🗓️ 22 Nov 2022 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AGType 
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Nginx version on the remote host has reached the End of Life (EOL) and should not be used anymore. It is not receiving any security updates from the vendor

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:nginx:nginx";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.148940");
  script_version("2026-06-18T07:15:20+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-06-18 07:15:20 +0000 (Thu, 18 Jun 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-11-22 09:34:47 +0000 (Tue, 22 Nov 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Nginx End of Life (EOL) Detection");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web Servers");
  script_dependencies("gb_nginx_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("nginx/detected");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://endoflife.date/nginx");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://nginx.org/en/download.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The Nginx version on the remote host has reached the End of
  Life (EOL) and should not be used anymore.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if an EOL version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An EOL version of Nginx is not receiving any security
  updates from the vendor. Unfixed security vulnerabilities might be leveraged by an attacker to
  compromise the security of this host.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update the Nginx version on the remote host to a still
  supported version.");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");
include("date_func.inc");
include("eol_product.inc");
include("eol_shared.inc");

if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

ver = infos["version"];

if (ret = product_reached_eol(cpe: CPE, version: ver)) {
  report = eol_build_message(name: "Nginx",
                             cpe: CPE,
                             version: ver,
                             location: infos["location"],
                             eol_version: ret["eol_version"],
                             eol_date: ret["eol_date"],
                             eol_type:"prod");
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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18 Jun 2026 00:00Current
5.4Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.4
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