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.
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Solution
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Workaround
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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 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: f5
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-15T16:43:46.190Z
Reserved: 2026-10-02T17:24:33.310Z
Link: CVE-2026-104939
Updated: 2026-10-15T16:38:36.686Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-10-14T15:17:05.260
Modified: 2026-10-15T17:17:12.027
Link: CVE-2026-104939
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-10-15T19:15:18Z