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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.","severity":{"version":"4.0","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","level":"low","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00106,"percentile":0.01098,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-319"],"published":"2026-10-05T19:45:50Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:04Z","products":[{"vendor":"chainguard","product":"chainguard academy (edu)"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/chainguard-dev/edu/commit/93dc0e50739c225f5aee2e803800a47fc0feb906","tags":["patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/chainguard-dev/edu/pull/3989","tags":["patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105766","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cfhv-267f-j755"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/105xxx/CVE-2026-105766.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/chainguard-dev/edu","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-105766","title":"Chainguard Academy (edu) Nginx directory redirect downgrades HTTPS requests to HTTP","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. 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