GHSA-mgvx-rpfc-9mpvCriticalCVSS 9.8
ingress-nginx admission controller RCE escalation
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where under certain conditions, an unauthenticated attacker with access to the pod network can achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the ingress-nginx controller. This can lead to disclosure of Secrets accessible to the controller. (Note that in the default installation, the controller can access all Secrets cluster-wide.)
🎯 Affected products2
- go/k8s.io/ingress-nginx:< 1.11.5
- go/k8s.io/ingress-nginx:>= 1.12.0-beta.0, < 1.12.1
🔗 References (10)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1974
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/131009
- https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/releases/tag/controller-v1.11.5
- https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/releases/tag/controller-v1.12.1
- https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/2qa9DFtN0cQ
- https://https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/131009
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250328-0008
- https://github.com/B1ack4sh/Blackash-CVE-2025-1974
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52475
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mgvx-rpfc-9mpv