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CVE-2025-24513

medium

Description

A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx where attacker-provided data are included in a filename by the ingress-nginx Admission Controller feature, resulting in directory traversal within the container. This could result in denial of service, or when combined with other vulnerabilities, limited disclosure of Secret objects from the cluster.

References

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-100-05

https://www.wiz.io/blog/ingress-nginx-kubernetes-vulnerabilities

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/25/kubernetes_flaw_rce_risk/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/03/critical-ingress-nginx-controller.html

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-1974

https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-006/

https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2025-1974-frequently-asked-questions-about-ingressnightmare-kubernetes

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250328-0008/

https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/131005

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-8032

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-03-25

Updated: 2026-04-15

Named Vulnerability: IngressNightmareNamed Vulnerability: GO-2025-3564Named Vulnerability: GHSA-242m-6h72-7hgp

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.8

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03267

Vulnerability Watch

Tenable Research has classified this CVE under the following Vulnerability Watch classification, which includes active and historical (inactive) classifications. You can learn more about these classifications on our blog.

Vulnerability Being Monitored