CVE-2025-1974

Summary

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 Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
kubernetesingress-nginx0 <= 1.11.4affected
kubernetesingress-nginx1.12.0affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-653: CWE-653 Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization

Workarounds

Before applying the patch, this issue can be mitigated by disabling the Validating Admission Controller functionality of ingress-nginx.

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: yes
    • Technical Impact: total

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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