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CVE-2025-1974: ingress-nginx admission controller RCE escalation

March 25, 2025

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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Affected versions

All versions before 1.11.5, all versions starting from 1.12.0-beta.0 before 1.12.1

Fixed versions

  • 1.11.5
  • 1.12.1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 1.11.5, 1.12.1 or above.

Impact 9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-653: Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization

Source file

go/k8s.io/ingress-nginx/CVE-2025-1974.yml

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