Vulnerability details
CVE-2025-1974
Kubernetes ingress-nginx
ingress-nginx admission controller RCE escalation
CVSS 3.1
9.8Critical
Official 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.)
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8Critical | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (kubernetes) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes | ingress-nginx | v ≤ 1.11.4 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Kubernetes | ingress-nginx | 1.12.0 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
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Details
- Published
- 2025-03-25
- Last updated
- 2026-02-26
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- kubernetes
- Kolun priority
- 50 · Medium
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
99.4%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
99.9%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- Yes
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept
- Technical impact
- Total
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-653Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization