CVE-2026-40460

MEDIUM EPSS 30.4%
Published May 13, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 29, 20261d ago
6.9 CVSS 4.0
Medium
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Published May 13, 2026 1mo ago
Last Modified Jun 29, 2026 1d ago

Description

When NGINX Plus or NGINX Open Source are configured to use the HTTP/3 QUIC module, an attacker may be able to spoof their source IP address allowing for bypass of authorization or bypass of rate limiting.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.9
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
30.4% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-290

Affected Products 13

VendorProductVersionRange
f5dos*≥4.3.0  –  ≤4.7.0
f5dos4.8.0any
f5nginx_gateway_fabric*≥1.3.0  –  ≤1.6.2
f5nginx_gateway_fabric*≥2.0.0  –  ≤2.6.0
f5nginx_ingress_controller*≥3.5.0  –  ≤3.7.2
f5nginx_ingress_controller*≥4.0.0  –  ≤4.0.1
f5nginx_ingress_controller*≥5.0.0  –  ≤5.4.2
f5nginx_instance_manager*≥2.16.0  –  ≤2.22.0
f5nginx_open_source*≥1.25.0  –  ≤1.30.0
f5nginx_plus*≥r32  –  ≤r36
f5waf*≥4.9.0  –  ≤4.16.0
f5waf*≥5.1.0  –  ≤5.8.0
f5waf*≥5.9.0  –  ≤5.12.1

References 1

  • my.f5.com https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000161068
    Vendor Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.