CVE-2026-96615 json
NGINX Gateway Fabric vulnerability
published 28d ago modified 21d ago also BIT-nginx-gateway-fabric-2026-96615 , EUVD-2026-101117
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 17%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Description NGINX Gateway Fabric has a vulnerability when it is configured with Gateway
Custom Resource Definition (CRD) and have an authenticated gRPC connection with NGINX Agent. A namespaced
authenticated attacker with access to a service account may impersonate the authenticated NGINX Agent gRPC connection to read TLS private keys of Gateway deployments in another namespace.
Impact A remote authenticated attacker may be able to read TLS private keys of Gateway deployments in another namespace.
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.
Patch / fix
- bitnami nginx-gateway-fabric 2.8.0
- F5 NGINX Gateway Fabric 2.8.0
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 27d ago
Exploit prediction
0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| CNA | 4.0 | 7.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 4.0 | 7.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/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 |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| bitnami | nginx-gateway-fabric | >=2.0.0, <2.8.0 |
2.8.0 |
Affected products
- F5 NGINX Gateway Fabric
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
References
-
my.f5.com
/manage/s/article/K000162610
vendor-advisory, web
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96615
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-96615
- NVD CVE-2026-96615
- OSV BIT-nginx-gateway-fabric-2026-96615
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