FKIE_CVE-2026-40460

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-13 16:16 - Updated: 2026-06-29 14:17
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Summary
When NGINX Plus or NGINX Open Source are configured to use the HTTP/3 QUIC module, an attacker may be able to spoof their source IP address allowing for bypass of authorization or bypass of rate limiting.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
References
f5sirt@f5.comhttps://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000161068Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
f5 dos *
f5 dos 4.8.0
f5 nginx_gateway_fabric *
f5 nginx_gateway_fabric *
f5 nginx_ingress_controller *
f5 nginx_ingress_controller *
f5 nginx_ingress_controller *
f5 nginx_instance_manager *
f5 nginx_open_source *
f5 nginx_plus *
f5 waf *
f5 waf *
f5 waf *
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