Medium severity · published Feb 4, 2026
CVE-2026-1642
NGINX vulnerability
5.9
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability exists in NGINX OSS and NGINX Plus when configured to proxy to upstream Transport Layer Security (TLS) servers. An attacker with a man-in-the-middle (MITM) position on the upstream server side—along with conditions beyond the attacker's control—may be able to inject plain text data into the response from an upstream proxied server. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NO
NGINX Open Source · F5
1.3.0 before 1.29.5 · source: vendor, NVD
NP
NGINX Plus · F5
R36 before R36 P2; R35 before R35 P1; R34; R33; R32 before R32 P4 · source: vendor, NVD
NG
Nginx Gateway Fabric · F5
1.2.0 through 1.6.2; 2.0.0 before 2.4.1 · source: NVD
NI
Nginx Ingress Controller · F5
3.4.0 through 3.7.2; 4.0.0 through 4.0.1; 5.0.0 before 5.3.3 · source: NVD
NI
Nginx Instance Manager · F5
2.15.1 through 2.21.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1642
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-1642
Vendor Advisory
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000159824
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/05/1
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