Description NGINX Ingress Controller has a vulnerability when implementing an externalAuth policy for ingress.
Description NGINX Ingress Controller has a vulnerability when implementing an externalAuth policy for ingress. NGINX Ingress Controller may mishandle the HTTP response from an OAuth IdP and allow an attacker to acquire unauthenticated access to protected paths before the proper external authentication can happen. Impact This vulnerability may allow remote attackers unauthenticated access to protected paths. There is no control plane exposure; this is a data plane issue only. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Read at NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0)
- Vendor
- F5
- Product
- NGINX
- CVSS
- 7.5
- Exposure class
- Web platform
Why it ranks 15 (Routine)
- CVSS 7.5 high
- Product class: web platform
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.
Links
- NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0) (nvd.nist.gov)
- CVE-2026-104939 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia
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