CVE-2025-1974: ingress-nginx admission controller RCE escalation
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.)
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-mgvx-rpfc-9mpv
- github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx
- github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/releases/tag/controller-v1.11.5
- github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/releases/tag/controller-v1.12.1
- github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/131009
- groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/2qa9DFtN0cQ
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1974
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