SCA: security update for k8s.io/ingress-nginx (GHSA-242m-6h72-7hgp)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421230

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
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.
(CVE-2025-24513)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-242m-6h72-7hgp

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 421230

Version: Revision 1.7

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: Medium

Score: 4.8

Percentile: 57.62

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-24513

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-24513