CVE-2026-1580

Description

A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where the `nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-method` 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. (Note that in the default installation, the controller can access all Secrets cluster-wide.)

References

https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/136677

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-5514

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Named Vulnerability: GO-2026-4423Named Vulnerability: GHSA-9h3p-52vh-959w

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

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