# 2024 archive

Type of document: Reference
Product: F5 WAF for NGINX

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This page is an archive of changelog entries for 2024.

For the current year, view [the top-level changelog](/waf/changelog/) topic.

## F5 NGINX App Protect WAF 5.4 / 4.12

Released _November 19th, 2024_.

### New features

- Added support for Amazon Linux 2023
- F5 NGINX App Protect WAF now supports NGINX Plus R33.
- **5.4 Only:** Added support for [readOnlyFileSystem in Kubernetes deployments](/waf/configure/kubernetes-read-only/)
- **5.4 Only:** Added a [a policy converter to the compiler](/waf/configure/converters.md#policy-converter)

Please read the [subscription licenses](/solutions/about-subscription-licenses.md) topic for information about R33.

### Important notes

- Alpine 3.16 is no longer supported.

### Resolved issues

- (11973) Updated the Go version to 1.23.1
- (11469) _apt-get update_ warning for Ubuntu 22.04

### Known issues

On Ubuntu 24.04, you may receive the following error when uninstalling an old version of F5 NGINX App Protect WAF and installing a newer version:

```text
APP_PROTECT failed to open /opt/app_protect/config/config_set.json
```

This can occur if you are not using the default `nginx.conf` file and are using the `app_protect_enforcer_address` directive.

To fix the problem, remove the file configuration folder and recreate the directory, then restart NGINX.

```shell
sudo rm /opt/app_protect/config
sudo mkdir /opt/app_protect/config
sudo service nginx restart
```

### Packages

| Distribution name        | NGINX Open Source (5.4)                                           |  NGINX Plus (5.4)                                              | NGINX Plus (4.12)                                  |
| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------------|
| Alpine 3.17              | _app-protect-module-oss-1.27.2+5.210.0-r1.apk_                    | _app-protect-module-plus-33+5.210.0-r1.apk_                    | _app-protect-33.5.210.0-r1.apk_                    |
| Amazon Linux 2023        | _app-protect-module-oss-1.27.2+5.210.0-1.amzn2023.ngx.x86_64.rpm_ | _app-protect-module-plus-33+5.210.0-1.amzn2023.ngx.x86_64.rpm_ | _app-protect-33+5.210.0-1.amzn2023.ngx.x86_64.rpm_ |
| Debian 11                | _app-protect-module-oss_1.27.2+5.210.0-1\~bullseye_amd64.deb_     | _app-protect-module-plus_33+5.210.0-1\~bullseye_amd64.deb_     | _app-protect_33+5.210.0-1\~bullseye_amd64.deb_     |
| Debian 12                | _app-protect-module-oss_1.27.2+5.210.0-1\~bookworm_amd64.deb_     | _app-protect-module-plus_33+5.210.0-1\~bookworm_amd64.deb_     | _app-protect_33+5.210.0-1\~bookworm_amd64.deb_     |
| Oracle Linux 8.1         | _app-protect-module-oss-1.27.2+5.210.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-module-plus-33+5.210.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-33+5.210.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      |
| Ubuntu 20.04             | _app-protect-module-oss_1.27.2+5.210.0-1\~focal_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect-module-plus_33+5.210.0-1\~focal_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect_33+5.210.0-1\~focal_amd64.deb_        |
| Ubuntu 22.04             | _app-protect-module-oss_1.27.2+5.210.0-1\~jammy_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect-module-plus_33+5.210.0-1\~jammy_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect_33+5.210.0-1\~jammy_amd64.deb_        |
| Ubuntu 24.04             | _app-protect-module-oss_1.27.2+5.210.0-1\~noble_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect-module-plus_33+5.210.0-1\~noble_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect_33+5.210.0-1\~noble_amd64.deb_        |
| RHEL 8 and Rocky Linux 8 | _app-protect-module-oss-1.27.2+5.210.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-module-plus-33+5.210.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-33+5.210.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      |
| RHEL 9                   | _app-protect-module-oss-1.27.2+5.210.0-1.el9.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-module-plus-33+5.210.0-1.el9.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-33+5.210.0-1.el9.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      |

## F5 NGINX App Protect WAF 5.3 / 4.11

Released _September 25, 2024_.

### New features

- Ubuntu 24.04 support
- **5.3 Only:** [Secure traffic using mTLS](/waf/configure/secure-mtls.md)

### Important notes

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

### Resolved issues

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

### Packages

| Distribution name        | NGINX Open Source (5.3)                                           |  NGINX Plus (5.3)                                              | NGINX Plus (4.11)                                  |
| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------------|
| Alpine 3.17              | _app-protect-module-oss-1.25.4+5.144.0-r1.apk_                    | _app-protect-module-plus-32+5.144.0-r1.apk_                    | _app-protect-32.5.144.0-r1.apk_                    |
| Amazon Linux 2023        | _app-protect-module-oss-1.25.4+5.144.0-1.amzn2023.ngx.x86_64.rpm_ | _app-protect-module-plus-32+5.144.0-1.amzn2023.ngx.x86_64.rpm_ | _app-protect-32+5.144.0-1.amzn2023.ngx.x86_64.rpm_ |
| Debian 11                | _app-protect-module-oss_1.25.4+5.144.0-1\~bullseye_amd64.deb_     | _app-protect-module-plus_32+5.144.0-1\~bullseye_amd64.deb_     | _app-protect_32+5.144.0-1\~bullseye_amd64.deb_     |
| Debian 12                | _app-protect-module-oss_1.25.4+5.144.0-1\~bookworm_amd64.deb_     | _app-protect-module-plus_32+5.144.0-1\~bookworm_amd64.deb_     | _app-protect_32+5.144.0-1\~bookworm_amd64.deb_     |
| Oracle Linux 8.1         | _app-protect-module-oss-1.25.4+5.144.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-module-plus-32+5.144.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-32+5.144.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      |
| Ubuntu 20.04             | _app-protect-module-oss_1.25.4+5.144.0-1\~focal_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect-module-plus_32+5.144.0-1\~focal_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect_32+5.144.0-1\~focal_amd64.deb_        |
| Ubuntu 22.04             | _app-protect-module-oss_1.25.4+5.144.0-1\~jammy_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect-module-plus_32+5.144.0-1\~jammy_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect_32+5.144.0-1\~jammy_amd64.deb_        |
| Ubuntu 24.04             | _app-protect-module-oss_1.25.4+5.144.0-1\~noble_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect-module-plus_32+5.144.0-1\~noble_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect_32+5.144.0-1\~noble_amd64.deb_        |
| RHEL 8 and Rocky Linux 8 | _app-protect-module-oss-1.25.4+5.144.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-module-plus-32+5.144.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-32+5.144.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      |
| RHEL 9                   | _app-protect-module-oss-1.25.4+5.144.0-1.el9.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-module-plus-32+5.144.0-1.el9.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-32+5.144.0-1.el9.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      |

## F5 NGINX App Protect WAF 5.2 / 4.10

Released _May 29, 2024_.

### New features

- [Added apreload](/waf/configure/apreload.md)

### Resolved issues

- (11038) In some scenarios, autodetect does not correctly recognize the internal buffer as base_64 buffer and so does not decode the data.
- (11059) Enforcer may crash in specific scenarios.
- (11105) Update libprotobuf to version 1.33.0+.
- (11148) When following the config guide for starting NAP v5 in docker or kubernetes and leaving nginx.conf without any 'app_protect' directive:  changing the conf to include NAP does not work. Enforcer times out every 40 secs waiting for the configuration.

### Packages

| Distribution name        | NGINX Open Source (5.2)                                           |  NGINX Plus (5.2)                                              | NGINX Plus (4.10)                                  |
| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------------|
| Alpine 3.17              | _app-protect-module-oss-1.25.4+5.144.0-r1.apk_                    | _app-protect-module-plus-32+5.144.0-r1.apk_                    | _app-protect-32.5.144.0-r1.apk_                    |
| Amazon Linux 2023        | _app-protect-module-oss-1.25.4+5.144.0-1.amzn2023.ngx.x86_64.rpm_ | _app-protect-module-plus-32+5.144.0-1.amzn2023.ngx.x86_64.rpm_ | _app-protect-32+5.144.0-1.amzn2023.ngx.x86_64.rpm_ |
| Debian 11                | _app-protect-module-oss_1.25.4+5.144.0-1\~bullseye_amd64.deb_     | _app-protect-module-plus_32+5.144.0-1\~bullseye_amd64.deb_     | _app-protect_32+5.144.0-1\~bullseye_amd64.deb_     |
| Debian 12                | _app-protect-module-oss_1.25.4+5.144.0-1\~bookworm_amd64.deb_     | _app-protect-module-plus_32+5.144.0-1\~bookworm_amd64.deb_     | _app-protect_32+5.144.0-1\~bookworm_amd64.deb_     |
| Oracle Linux 8.1         | _app-protect-module-oss-1.25.4+5.144.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-module-plus-32+5.144.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-32+5.144.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      |
| Ubuntu 20.04             | _app-protect-module-oss_1.25.4+5.144.0-1\~focal_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect-module-plus_32+5.144.0-1\~focal_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect_32+5.144.0-1\~focal_amd64.deb_        |
| Ubuntu 22.04             | _app-protect-module-oss_1.25.4+5.144.0-1\~jammy_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect-module-plus_32+5.144.0-1\~jammy_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect_32+5.144.0-1\~jammy_amd64.deb_        |
| RHEL 8 and Rocky Linux 8 | _app-protect-module-oss-1.25.4+5.144.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-module-plus-32+5.144.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-32+5.144.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      |
| RHEL 9                   | _app-protect-module-oss-1.25.4+5.144.0-1.el9.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-module-plus-32+5.144.0-1.el9.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-32+5.144.0-1.el9.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      |

## F5 NGINX App Protect WAF 5.1 / 4.9

Released _April 18, 2024_.

### New features

- Authorization Rules in URLs
- New [JSON Web Token](/waf/policies/jwt-protection.md) signature signing algorithm support for:
    - **RSA**: RS256, RS384, RS512
    - **PSS**: PS256, PS384, PS512
    - **ECDSA**: ES256, ES256K, ES384, ES512
    - **EdDSA**
- [Time-based signature staging](/waf/policies/time-based-signature-staging.md)

### Resolved issues

- (10250/10251) Fixed issues related to upgrading on Debian and Ubuntu.
- (10219/10512) Resolved issues related to base64 detection and decoding.
- (10465) Resolved the "header already sent" alert message in the NGINX error log.

### Packages

| Distribution name        | NGINX Open Source (5.1)                                           |  NGINX Plus (5.1)                                              | NGINX Plus (4.9)                                  |
| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------------|
| Alpine 3.17              | _app-protect-module-oss-1.25.4+5.17.0-r1.apk_                    | _app-protect-module-plus-31+5.17.0-r1.apk_                    | _app-protect-31.5.17.0-r1.apk_                    |
| Amazon Linux 2023        | _app-protect-module-oss-1.25.4+5.17.0-1.amzn2023.ngx.x86_64.rpm_ | _app-protect-module-plus-31+5.17.0-1.amzn2023.ngx.x86_64.rpm_ | _app-protect-31+5.17.0-1.amzn2023.ngx.x86_64.rpm_ |
| Debian 11                | _app-protect-module-oss_1.25.4+5.17.0-1\~bullseye_amd64.deb_     | _app-protect-module-plus_31+5.17.0-1\~bullseye_amd64.deb_     | _app-protect_31+5.17.0-1\~bullseye_amd64.deb_     |
| Debian 12                | _app-protect-module-oss_1.25.4+5.17.0-1\~bookworm_amd64.deb_     | _app-protect-module-plus_31+5.17.0-1\~bookworm_amd64.deb_     | _app-protect_31+5.17.0-1\~bookworm_amd64.deb_     |
| Oracle Linux 8.1         | _app-protect-module-oss-1.25.4+5.17.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-module-plus-31+5.17.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-31+5.17.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      |
| Ubuntu 20.04             | _app-protect-module-oss_1.25.4+5.17.0-1\~focal_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect-module-plus_31+5.17.0-1\~focal_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect_31+5.17.0-1\~focal_amd64.deb_        |
| Ubuntu 22.04             | _app-protect-module-oss_1.25.4+5.17.0-1\~jammy_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect-module-plus_31+5.17.0-1\~jammy_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect_31+5.17.0-1\~jammy_amd64.deb_        |
| RHEL 7                   | _app-protect-module-oss-1.25.4+5.17.0-1.el7.ngx.x86_64.rpm       | _app-protect-module-plus-31+5.17.0-1.el7.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-31+5.17.0-1.el7.ngx.x86_64.rpm_        |
| RHEL 8 and Rocky Linux 8 | _app-protect-module-oss-1.25.4+5.17.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-module-plus-31+5.17.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-31+5.17.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      |
| RHEL 9                   | _app-protect-module-oss-1.25.4+5.17.0-1.el9.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-module-plus-31+5.17.0-1.el9.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-31+5.17.0-1.el9.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      |

## F5 NGINX App Protect WAF 5.0 / 4.8.1

Released _March 19, 2024_.

### New features

- [New deployment types](/waf/fundamentals/technical-specifications.md#supported-deployment-environments)
- [Security policy and logging profile bundles](/waf/configure/compiler.md)

### Packages

| Distribution name        | NGINX Open Source (5.0)                                           |  NGINX Plus (5.0)                                              | NGINX Plus (4.8.1)                                  |
| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------------|
| Alpine 3.17              | _app-protect-module-oss-1.25.4+4.815.0-r1.apk_                    | _app-protect-module-plus-31+4.815.0-r1.apk_                    | _app-protect-31.4.815.0-r1.apk_                    |
| Amazon Linux 2023        | _app-protect-module-oss-1.25.4+4.815.0-1.amzn2023.ngx.x86_64.rpm_ | _app-protect-module-plus-31+4.815.0-1.amzn2023.ngx.x86_64.rpm_ | _app-protect-31+4.815.0-1.amzn2023.ngx.x86_64.rpm_ |
| Debian 11                | _app-protect-module-oss_1.25.4+4.815.0-1\~bullseye_amd64.deb_     | _app-protect-module-plus_31+4.815.0-1\~bullseye_amd64.deb_     | _app-protect_31+4.815.0-1\~bullseye_amd64.deb_     |
| Debian 12                | _app-protect-module-oss_1.25.4+4.815.0-1\~bookworm_amd64.deb_     | _app-protect-module-plus_31+4.815.0-1\~bookworm_amd64.deb_     | _app-protect_31+4.815.0-1\~bookworm_amd64.deb_     |
| Oracle Linux 8.1         | _app-protect-module-oss-1.25.4+4.815.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-module-plus-31+4.815.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-31+4.815.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      |
| Ubuntu 20.04             | _app-protect-module-oss_1.25.4+4.815.0-1\~focal_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect-module-plus_31+4.815.0-1\~focal_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect_31+4.815.0-1\~focal_amd64.deb_        |
| Ubuntu 22.04             | _app-protect-module-oss_1.25.4+4.815.0-1\~jammy_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect-module-plus_31+4.815.0-1\~jammy_amd64.deb_        | _app-protect_31+4.815.0-1\~jammy_amd64.deb_        |
| RHEL 7                   | _app-protect-module-oss-1.25.4+4.815.0-1.el7.ngx.x86_64.rpm       | _app-protect-module-plus-31+4.815.0-1.el7.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-31+4.815.0-1.el7.ngx.x86_64.rpm_        |
| RHEL 8 and Rocky Linux 8 | _app-protect-module-oss-1.25.4+4.815.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-module-plus-31+4.815.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-31+4.815.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      |
| RHEL 9                   | _app-protect-module-oss-1.25.4+4.815.0-1.el9.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-module-plus-31+4.815.0-1.el9.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      | _app-protect-31+4.815.0-1.el9.ngx.x86_64.rpm_      |

## F5 NGINX App Protect WAF 4.8

Released _February 6, 2024_.

### New Features

- Debian 12 Support
- [Actionable Rules in Override Rules Policy](/waf/policies/override-rules.md)
- [Geolocation Enforcement](/waf/policies/geolocation.md)
- [Partial Masking of Data using Data Guard](/waf/policies/data-guard.md)

### Supported Packages

#### F5 NGINX App Protect WAF

##### Alpine 3.16

- app-protect-31.4.762.0-r1.apk

##### Alpine 3.17

- app-protect-31.4.762.0-r1.apk

##### CentOS 7.4+ / RHEL 7.4+ / Amazon Linux 2

- app-protect-31+4.762.0-1.el7.ngx.x86_64.rpm

##### Debian 11

- app-protect_31+4.762.0-1~bullseye_amd64.deb

##### Debian 12

- app-protect_31+4.762.0-1~bookworm_amd64.deb

##### Oracle Linux 8.1+

- app-protect-31+4.762.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm

##### RHEL 8.1+

- app-protect-31+4.762.0-1.el8.ngx.x86_64.rpm

##### RHEL 9+

- app-protect-31+4.762.0-1.el9.ngx.x86_64.rpm

##### Ubuntu 20.04

- app-protect_31+4.762.0-1~focal_amd64.deb

##### Ubuntu 22.04

- app-protect_31+4.762.0-1~jammy_amd64.deb

### Resolved Issues

- 10063 Fixed - In some cases request could hang in when urlContentProfiles type set to "do-nothing".
- 10156 Fixed - Chunked requests connection is stuck in CLOSE_WAIT state.

### **Important Note**

- Actionable Rules and Geolocation are now supported in [Policy Override Rules](/waf/policies/override-rules.md).