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.
Published: 2026-10-05
Score: 2.3 Low
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Fixed in commit 93dc0e50739c225f5aee2e803800a47fc0feb906, which hardcodes the https scheme in the redirect. The fix is deployed to edu.chainguard.dev; no user action is required.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

History

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Chainguard Academy (edu) Nginx directory redirect downgrades HTTPS requests to HTTP
Weaknesses CWE-319
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.3, 'vector': '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'}


Subscriptions

No data.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: chainguard

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-05T19:45:50.015Z

Reserved: 2026-10-05T19:21:04.930Z

Link: CVE-2026-105766

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-05T20:17:20.620

Modified: 2026-10-05T20:17:20.620

Link: CVE-2026-105766

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-05T22:30:19Z

Weaknesses