CVE-2026-52865

NGINX Ingress Controller vulnerability

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 15, 2026 at 02:33 PM UTC
Updated: October 24, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNGINX Ingress Controller

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

3.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.7.24.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.0.15.0.0 ≤ v < 5.5.22026-lts-r15.0.0
Affected range stops below 2026-lts-r3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.5.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

Vendor AdvisoryPatchMitigation
Source: cverecord
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000161834

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMf5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-476

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