Description
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.
Published: 2026-10-14
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title NGINX Ingress Controller vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-303
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: f5

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-14T14:40:30.052Z

Reserved: 2026-10-02T17:24:33.310Z

Link: CVE-2026-104939

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-14T15:17:05.260

Modified: 2026-10-14T15:17:05.260

Link: CVE-2026-104939

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-303

    Incorrect Implementation of Authentication Algorithm