NGINX App Protect WAF 5.3

September 25, 2024

Warning:

When upgrading, you must recompile all policy and log bundles using the latest WAF compiler.

Older bundles will be detected and disallowed.

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New features

• Ubuntu 24.04 support
• Secure Traffic Between NGINX and App Protect Enforcer

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Resolved issues

• 10775 Fixed - Resolved a threshold calculation in the base64 decoding mechanism.
• 11426 Fixed - Resolved log entry of an XFF header that contains more than one value.
• 11272 Fixed - Resolved an issue where, in certain instances, the original HTTP response code was shown for rejected requests.
• 11568 Fixed - Support seamless upgrades by using the latest tag instead of hardcoded versions.
• 5302 Fixed - The enforcer leaves an incomplete job when NGINX reloads during DNS resolution.

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Supported packages

Important:
Starting from this release, CentOS 7.4, Rhel 7.4 and Amazon Linux 2 support has been deprecated.

App Protect Module for NGINX Open Source

Alpine Linux 3.16 / Alpine Linux 3.17

• app-protect-module-oss-1.25.5.5.144.0-r1.apk

Debian 11

• app-protect-module-oss_1.25.5+5.144.0-1~bullseye_amd64.deb

Debian 12

• app-protect-module-oss_1.25.5+5.144.0-1~bookworm_amd64.deb

Ubuntu 20.04

• app-protect-module-oss_1.25.5+5.144.0-1~focal_amd64.deb

Ubuntu 22.04

• app-protect-module-oss_1.25.5+5.144.0-1~jammy_amd64.deb

Ubuntu 24.04

• app-protect-module-oss_1.25.5+5.144.0-1~noble_amd64.deb

RHEL 8.1+ / Oracle Linux 8.1+

• app-protect-module-oss-1.25.5+5.144.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm

RHEL 9+

• app-protect-module-oss-1.25.5+5.144.0-1.el9.ngx.x86_64.rpm

App Protect Module for NGINX Plus

Alpine Linux 3.16 / Alpine Linux 3.17

• app-protect-module-plus-32.5.144.0-r1.apk

Debian 11

• app-protect-module-plus_32+5.144.0-1~bullseye_amd64.deb

Debian 12

• app-protect-module-plus_32+5.144.0-1~bookworm_amd64.deb

Ubuntu 20.04

• app-protect-module-plus_32+5.144.0-1~focal_amd64.deb

Ubuntu 22.04

• app-protect-module-plus_32+5.144.0-1~jammy_amd64.deb

Ubuntu 24.04

• app-protect-module-plus_32+5.144.0-1~noble_amd64.deb

RHEL 8.1+ / Oracle Linux 8.1+

• app-protect-module-plus-32+5.144.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm

RHEL 9+

• app-protect-module-plus-32+5.144.0-1.el9.ngx.x86_64.rpm

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