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CVE-2026-40460

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CVE-2026-40460

Published: May 13, 2026

Modified: May 13, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.5

MEDIUM

Description

When NGINX Plus or NGINX Open Source are configured to use the HTTP/3 QUIC module, an attacker may be able to spoof their source IP address allowing for bypass of authorization or bypass of rate limiting.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

VendorProductVersions

F5

NGINX Plus

unaffected
R37 - < *
affected
R36 - < R36 P4
affected
R32 - < R32 P6

F5

NGINX Open Source

unaffected
1.31.0 - < *
affected
1.26.0 - < 1.30.1

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

References

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