CVE-2026-42926

Medium

Description

When NGINX Open Source is configured to proxy HTTP/2 traffic by setting proxy_http_version to 2, and also uses proxy_set_body, an attacker may be able to inject frame headers and payload bytes to the upstream peer.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.8
Exploit probability—
ProductF5 Nginx Gateway Fabric
PublishedMay 13, 2026
First seenMay 13, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-172CWE-172

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
f5 nginx_gateway_fabric1.3.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.6.2, 2.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.6.0—
f5 nginx_open_source1.29.4 ≤ v ≤ 1.30.0—
f5 nginx_instance_manager2.16.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.22.0—
f5 nginx_ingress_controller3.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.7.2, 4.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.0.1, 5.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.4.2—

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