What is CVE-2026-60005?

CVE-2026-60005 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Nginx Open Source, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2026-07-15.

How severe is CVE-2026-60005?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in F5 Nginx Open Source

CVE-2026-60005

NGINX Plus and NGINX Open Source have a vulnerability in the ngx_http_slice_module module. When the slice directive and unnamed regex captures are configured or when a background cache update happens, unauthenticated attackers can send req…

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

F5 Nginx Open Source — versions 1.31.2, 1.15.8
F5 Nginx Plus — versions 37.0.0.1, R36, R33

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource

References

f5sirt@f5.com (vendor-advisory, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-60005?: CVE-2026-60005 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Nginx Open Source, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2026-07-15.
How severe is CVE-2026-60005?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.