CVE-2026-11311 (GCVE-0-2026-11311)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-17 14:04 – Updated: 2026-06-17 15:42 X_F5
VLAI
Title
NGINX Gateway Fabric vulnerability
Summary
When NGINX Plus is configured as the data plane for NGINX Gateway Fabric, an injection vulnerability exists in the NGINX configuration generator component of NGINX Gateway Fabric. User-supplied string values from the NginxProxy Custom Resource Definition serverTokens field and the AuthenticationFilter Custom Resource Definition extraAuthArgs field are rendered directly into NGINX configuration templates without sanitization or escaping. An authenticated attacker with permission to create or modify these Custom Resource Definitions may craft values that inject arbitrary NGINX configuration directives. This is a control plane issue; there is no data plane exposure from the vulnerability trigger itself.
Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-76 - Improper Neutralization of Equvalent Special Elements
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000161611 | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| F5 | NGINX Gateway Fabric |
Affected:
2.5.0 , < 2.6.4
(custom)
|
Date Public
2026-06-17 14:00
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Sightings
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|---|
Nomenclature
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