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Severity
Medium
Analysis Summary
F5 NGINX Controller is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, caused by using HTTP communication in the install.sh installer script to check and install packages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch a man-in-the-middle attack and gain access to the communication channel between endpoints to forge any packages and get the malicious packages installed.
Impact
Unauthorized Access
Affected Vendors
F5
Affected Products
- F5 NGINX Controller 1.0.1
- F5 NGINX Controller 2.0.0
- F5 NGINX Controller 2.9.0
- F5 NGINX Controller 3.0.0
Remediation
Refer to F5 Security Advisory K00958787 for upgraded patch.