NGINX Ingress Controller vulnerability (F5 NGINX Ingress Controller)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.51 % · percentile 43 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- f5
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
When NGINX Ingress Controller is configured with Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) or Ingress annotations, an injection vulnerability exists in the configuration generator of NGINX Ingress Controller. Multiple user-controllable fields are written into the generated NGINX configuration without sanitization. An authenticated attacker with permission to create or modify these CRDs or annotations may craft values that inject arbitrary NGINX configuration directives. Impact: An authenticated attacker granted write access to NGINX Ingress Controller CRDs or Ingress annotations through the Kubernetes API may be able to inject arbitrary NGINX configuration directives, create or delete files, or disable services. There is no data plane exposure; this is a control plane issue only. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-76 — Improper Neutralization of Equivalent Special Elements
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L | f5 |
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH 8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | f5 |
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH 8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X | NVD · f5sirt@f5.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L | NVD · f5sirt@f5.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-44680
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-55723
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0894 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits F5 · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_ingress_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 3.6.0 ≤ 3.7.2cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_ingress_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.0.0 ≤ 4.0.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_ingress_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.0.0 < 5.5.2
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| F5 · NGINX Ingress Controller | affected 5.0.0 < 5.5.2 ; affected 2026-lts-r1 < 2026-lts-r3 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |