CVE-2026-96615

NGINX Gateway Fabric vulnerability

Published Oct 14, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 7.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Description
NGINX Gateway Fabric has a vulnerability when it is configured with Gateway

Custom Resource Definition (CRD) and have an authenticated gRPC connection with NGINX Agent. A namespaced

authenticated attacker with access to a service account may impersonate the authenticated NGINX Agent gRPC connection to read TLS private keys of Gateway deployments in another namespace. 

Impact
A remote authenticated attacker may be able to read TLS private keys of Gateway deployments in another namespace. 

There is no data plane exposure; this is a control plane issue only.






Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared F5
F5 nginx Gateway Fabric
Vendors & Products F5
F5 nginx Gateway Fabric
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Description NGINX Gateway Fabric has a vulnerability when it is configured with Gateway Custom Resource Definition (CRD) and have an authenticated gRPC connection with NGINX Agent. A namespaced authenticated attacker with access to a service account may impersonate the authenticated NGINX Agent gRPC connection to read TLS private keys of Gateway deployments in another namespace.  Impact A remote authenticated attacker may be able to read TLS private keys of Gateway deployments in another namespace.  There is no data plane exposure; this is a control plane issue only. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Title NGINX Gateway Fabric vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-290
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
f5
Published
Updated
Oct 15, 2026, 4:43 PM
Reserved
Sep 30, 2026, 9:56 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Oct 14, 2026, 3:17 PM
Modified
Oct 15, 2026, 5:17 PM