An issue in OpenResty lua-nginx-module v.0.10.26 and before allows a remote attacker to conduct HTTP request smuggling via a crafted HEAD request.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-33452 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.69%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-05-31 | 1.17% | 0.69% | -0.48% |
| 2 | 2026-05-30 | 1.29% | 1.17% | -0.12% |
| 3 | 2026-05-06 | — | 1.29% | — |
Full EPSS history (16 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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2.2 | 5.5 | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2024-33452 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (libnginx-mod-http-lua, nginx), 9 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 9. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-33452 |
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-33452 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2024-33452 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (lua-nginx-memcached, lua-nginx-redis, lua-nginx-websocket), 27 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 18, ignored 6, released 3. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-33452 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| openresty | lua-nginx-module | <= 0.10.26 | cpe:2.3:a:openresty:lua-nginx-module:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://portswigger.net/research/http-desync-attacks-request-smuggling-reborn | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.benasin.space/2025/03/18/OpenResty-lua-nginx-module-v0-10-26-HTTP-Request-Smuggling-in-HEAD-requests/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00026.html |