CVE-2026-40460
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.
- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L - EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 31% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWE
- CWE-290
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- f5:dos
- f5:nginx_gateway_fabric
- f5:nginx_ingress_controller
- f5:nginx_instance_manager
- f5:nginx_open_source
- f5:nginx_plus
- f5:waf