Changelog
This changelog lists all of the information for F5 WAF for NGINX releases in 2026.
For older releases, check the changelogs for previous years: 2025, 2024, 2023.
Released January 13th, 2026.
- Added support for the Brotli data compression algorithm
- Upgrade Go compiler to 1.24.11
- 13340 - F5 WAF for NGINX leaked sockets and terminated on-going requests during graceful reload of NGINX (SIGHUP)
- 12728 - Fixing a scenario under memory pressure, causing NGINX to return HTTP 503 and log SECURITY_WAF_BYPASS
- 13592 – Increased signature compiler capacity to support larger signature sets and avoid legacy signature count limits.
| Distribution name | NGINX Open Source (5.11) | NGINX Plus (5.11) | NGINX Plus (5.11) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine 3.22 | app-protect-module-oss-1.29.3+5.575.0-r1.apk | app-protect-module-plus-36+5.575.0-r1.apk | app-protect-36.5.575.0-r1.apk |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | app-protect-module-oss-1.29.3+5.575.0-1.amzn2023.ngx.x86_64.rpm | app-protect-module-plus-36+5.575.0-1.amzn2023.ngx.x86_64.rpm | app-protect-36+5.575.0-1.amzn2023.ngx.x86_64.rpm |
| Debian 11 | app-protect-module-oss_1.29.3+5.575.0-1~bullseye_amd64.deb | app-protect-module-plus_36+5.575.0–1~bullseye_amd64.deb | app-protect_36+5.575.0-1~bullseye_amd64.deb |
| Debian 12 | app-protect-module-oss_1.29.3+5.575.0-1~bookworm_amd64.deb | app-protect-module-plus_36+5.575.0–1~bookworm_amd64.deb | app-protect_36+5.575.0-1~bookworm_amd64.deb |
| Oracle Linux 8.1 | app-protect-module-oss-1.29.3+5.575.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm | app-protect-module-plus-36+5.575.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm | app-protect-36+5.575.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm |
| Ubuntu 22.04 | app-protect-module-oss_1.29.3+5.575.0-1~jammy_amd64.deb | app-protect-module-plus_36+5.575.0–1~jammy_amd64.deb | app-protect_36+5.575.0-1~jammy_amd64.deb |
| Ubuntu 24.04 | app-protect-module-oss_1.29.3+5.575.0-1~noble_amd64.deb | app-protect-module-plus_36+5.575.0–1~noble_amd64.deb | app-protect_36+5.575.0-1~noble_amd64.deb |
| RHEL 8 and Rocky Linux 8 | app-protect-module-oss-1.29.3+5.575.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm | app-protect-module-plus-36+5.575.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm | app-protect-36+5.575.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm |
| RHEL 9 and Rocky Linux 9 | app-protect-module-oss-1.29.3+5.575.0-1.el9.ngx.x86_64.rpm | app-protect-module-plus-36+5.575.0-1.el9.ngx.x86_64.rpm | app-protect-36+5.575.0-1.el9.ngx.x86_64.rpm |