Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-1642
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 2.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.9
Products affected by CVE-2026-1642
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_gateway_fabric:1.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_gateway_fabric:1.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_gateway_fabric:2.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_gateway_fabric:2.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_ingress_controller:3.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_ingress_controller:3.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_ingress_controller:3.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_ingress_controller:3.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_ingress_controller:3.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_ingress_controller:3.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_ingress_controller:3.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_ingress_controller:3.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_ingress_controller:3.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_ingress_controller:3.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_ingress_controller:3.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_ingress_controller:3.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_ingress_controller:3.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_ingress_controller:4.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_ingress_controller:4.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_ingress_controller:5.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_ingress_controller:5.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_ingress_controller:5.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_instance_manager:2.15.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_instance_manager:2.16.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_instance_manager:2.17.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_instance_manager:2.17.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_instance_manager:2.17.2
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_instance_manager:2.17.3
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_instance_manager:2.17.4
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_instance_manager:2.18.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_instance_manager:2.19.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_instance_manager:2.19.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_instance_manager:2.21.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_open_source:1.25.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_open_source:1.25.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_open_source:1.25.2
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_open_source:1.25.3
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_open_source:1.25.4
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_open_source:1.26.1
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_open_source:1.26.2
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_open_source:1.27.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_open_source:1.29.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_open_source:1.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_open_source:1.5.13
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_plus:r32
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_plus:r33
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_plus:r34
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_plus:r35
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cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx_plus:r36