CVE-2021-23018 (GCVE-0-2021-23018)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-01 11:51 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:58
VLAI
Summary
Intra-cluster communication does not use TLS. The services within the NGINX Controller 3.x before 3.4.0 namespace are using cleartext protocols inside the cluster.
Severity
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
Assigner
f5
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Nginx Controller Affected: "3.x before 3.4.0"
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