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SCA: security update for k8s.io/ingress-nginx (GHSA-2pf9-vr92-6h3v)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 437548

Description

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

 - A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where the validating admission controller feature is
 subject to a denial of service condition. By sending large requests to the validating admission
 controller, an attacker can cause memory consumption, which may result in the ingress-nginx controller pod
 being killed or the node running out of memory. (CVE-2026-24514)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2pf9-vr92-6h3v

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 437548

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/5/2026

Updated: 6/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.39

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-24514

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 2/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-24514

cwe: CWE-770