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.
Published: 2026-10-14
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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History

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:45:00 +0000

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

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000

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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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F5 Nginx Gateway Fabric
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: f5

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-15T16:43:46.898Z

Reserved: 2026-09-30T21:56:14.616Z

Link: CVE-2026-96615

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-15T16:38:44.666Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-14T15:17:28.033

Modified: 2026-10-15T17:17:33.007

Link: CVE-2026-96615

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No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-22T22:00:14Z

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