CVE-2026-52865CWE-476

NGINX Ingress Controller vulnerability

High · published July 15, 2026

CVSS v4.0
7.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
42.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00501 · 42.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2026-07-15T14:33Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 JUL 14:33Z
    NGINX Ingress Controller vulnerability
    cvelistv5