8.6

CVE-2026-66362: f5 nginx gateway fabric

CVSS: 8.6v4.0HighAwaiting analysis
Published 02-09-2026Last modified 03-09-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-66362 is a high (CVSS 8.6) vulnerability in f5 nginx gateway fabric. EPSS estimates a 0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.6/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.57%
0%100%
Low · +0.22 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 02-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Description: 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 Authentication Filter Custom Resource Definition clientID or cookieName fields, or in the clientSecret field of a Secret referenced by an Authentication Filter, are rendered directly into NGINX configuration templates without sanitization or escaping. Impact: An authenticated attacker with permission to create or modify these resources may craft values that inject arbitrary NGINX configuration directives. This is a control plane issue; there is no data plane exposure.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.57%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

46%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.22 pp

From 0.35% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.57%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

F51 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links