CVE-2026-96615

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.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000162610

Configurations

No configuration.

History

14 Oct 2026, 15:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-14 15:17

Updated : 2026-10-15 17:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-96615

Mitre link : CVE-2026-96615

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-96615

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-290

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

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