CVE-2026-52865

Medium

Description

When NGINX Ingress Controller processes Ingress or TransportServer resources, an authenticated, remote attacker with permission to create or modify Ingress or TransportServer resources can cause the NGINX Ingress Controller process to terminate. Impact: The NGINX Ingress Controller control plane process terminates and enters a persistent crash loop while the malformed Ingress or TransportServer resource remains in the cluster. This vulnerability allows a remote, authenticated attacker with at least Ingress or TransportServer resource write access to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) on the NGINX Ingress Controller system. 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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductF5 Nginx Ingress Controller
PublishedJul 15, 2026
First seenJul 15, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • f5 nginx_ingress_controller5.5.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
f5 nginx_ingress_controller3.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.7.2, 4.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.0.1, 5.0.0 ≤ v < 5.5.25.5.2

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