High · CVSS 8.7CVE-2026-94197

NGINX Ingress Controller vulnerabilityCVE-2026-94197

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-94197 records a High severity (CVSS 8.7) vulnerability in NGINX Ingress Controller vulnerability. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps F5/NGINX Ingress Controller (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Oct 14, 2026Updated Oct 14, 2026Source checked Oct 14, 2026First seen by HOL Oct 14, 2026Material review Oct 14, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: High · CVSS 8.7
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 1 mapped package or product
Fix availability: Available

Why this deserves its current priority

CVSS is 8.7. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

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Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps F5/NGINX Ingress Controller (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
F5/NGINX Ingress Controllergeneric	>=5.5.0 <5.7.0	5.7.0

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for F5/NGINX Ingress Controller.
Review the reported fix. Source-reported workaround: Customers can configure their external authentication backend to ignore client-supplied `X-Forwarded-*` / `X-Original-*` headers or ensure it only evaluates session tokens rather than forwarded paths.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Oct 14, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
Source modified
Oct 14, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
First seen by HOL
Oct 14, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Source referencemy.f5.com

Upstream source description

An authentication and authorization bypass vulnerability exists in F5 NGINX Kubernetes Ingress Controller (NIC) when configured with the `ExternalAuth` policy or Ingress external authentication. Client-supplied X-Forwarded-Prefix, X-Forwarded-URI, X-Original-URI, and X-Forwarded-Method routing and method headers are forwarded unsanitized into the internal authentication subrequest (handled by the NGINX auth_request directive). As a result, an unauthenticated, remote attacker may spoof request attributes evaluated by the external authentication provider. 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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