F5 Releases Urgent Security Fixes for Critical Vulnerabilities in BIG‑IP and NGINX

F5's Quarterly Security Notification discloses multiple vulnerabilities—including CVE-2026-22548 (BIG-IP Advanced WAF/ASM) and CVE-2026-1642 (NGINX suite) rated CVSS v4.0 8.2, plus a medium-scoring BIG-IP Container Ingress Services issue and an SMTP configuration exposure—affecting edge and ingress components; administrators are urged to inventory affected assets, verify versions, apply patches, and harden configurations immediately.