K14631834 : NGINX Controller vulnerability CVE-2020-5863

Security Advisory Description

In NGINX Controller versions prior to 3.2.0, an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the Controller API can create unprivileged user accounts. The user which is created is only able to upload a new license to the system but cannot view or modify any other components of the system. (CVE-2020-5863)

Impact

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to create user accounts with limited access and to create a denial of service (DoS) scenario on the NGINX Controller.