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SCA: security update for k8s.io/ingress-nginx (GHSA-823x-fv5p-h7hw)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421229

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx where the
 `auth-tls-match-cn` 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.) (CVE-2025-1097)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-823x-fv5p-h7hw

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421229

Version: Revision 1.17

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/25/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.48

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1097

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-1097