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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2025-24514

High
8.8/10

Summary

A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx, where the `auth-url` Ingress annotation can be used to inject configuration into nginx. This can lead to Arbitrary Code Execution in the context of the ingress-nginx controller, and disclosure of Secrets accessible to the controller. This issue affects versions github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx versions prior to 1.11.5, and 1.12.x prior to 1.12.1. (Note that in the default installation, the controller can access all Secrets cluster-wide.)

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published