---
id: CVE-2026-11311
title: >-
  When NGINX Plus is configured as the data plane for NGINX Gateway Fabric, an
  injection vulnerability exists in the NGINX configuration generator component
  of NGINX Gateway Fabric
summary: "When NGINX Plus is configured as the data plane for NGINX Gateway Fabric, an injection vulnerability exists in the NGINX configuration generator component of NGINX Gateway Fabric. User-supplied string values from the NginxProxy\_Custom Re…"
severity: high
cvss: 8.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-76
  - CWE-74
vendor: f5
product: nginx_gateway_fabric
affected:
  - 'nginx_gateway_fabric >= 2.5.0, < 2.6.4'
patched:
  - nginx_gateway_fabric 2.6.4
published: '2026-06-17'
updated: '2026-07-02'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-11311'
references:
  - url: 'https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000161611'
    label: f5sirt@f5.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00567
epssPercentile: 0.44803
ingestedAt: '2026-07-03T13:02:27.780Z'
---

## Overview

When NGINX Plus is configured as the data plane for NGINX Gateway Fabric, an injection vulnerability exists in the NGINX configuration generator component of NGINX Gateway Fabric. User-supplied string values from the NginxProxy Custom Resource Definition serverTokens field and the AuthenticationFilter Custom Resource Definition extraAuthArgs field are rendered directly into NGINX configuration templates without sanitization or escaping. An authenticated attacker with permission to create or modify these Custom Resource Definitions may craft values that inject arbitrary NGINX configuration directives. This is a control plane issue; there is no data plane exposure from the vulnerability trigger itself. 


Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

## Affected

- `nginx_gateway_fabric >= 2.5.0, < 2.6.4`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `nginx_gateway_fabric 2.6.4`