CVE-2026-105766
Chainguard Academy (edu) Nginx directory redirect downgrades HTTPS requests to HTTP
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 2.3 Low
- Published
- Oct 5, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 6, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 5, 2026
Description
Use of the backend-facing $scheme variable in the trailing-slash directory redirect in nginx.conf of Chainguard Academy (edu) from commit 0b75ff98057f69b044a3e7194e428066ac5ad0d4 before commit 93dc0e50739c225f5aee2e803800a47fc0feb906 allows an on-path network attacker to read or modify documentation content served to a victim via an HTTPS request for a slashless directory path, because TLS terminates at the load balancer in front of Nginx and the resulting 301 response redirects the client to a plaintext http:// URL. Browsers that ship the HSTS preload list are not affected, because the .dev top-level domain is preloaded; clients that do not enforce HSTS, such as command-line HTTP clients and scripts that follow redirects, are affected.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 2.3 Low | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | chainguard |
| 3.1 | 3.1 Low | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | chainguard |
Weaknesses
- CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Chainguard Academy (edu)Chainguard |
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References
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