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SCA: security update for k8s.io/ingress-nginx (GHSA-mgvx-rpfc-9mpv)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 421226

Description

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

 - A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where under certain conditions, an unauthenticated attacker
 with access to the pod network can achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the ingress-nginx
 controller. This can lead to disclosure of Secrets accessible to the controller. (Note that in the default
 installation, the controller can access all Secrets cluster-wide.) (CVE-2025-1974)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mgvx-rpfc-9mpv

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 421226

Version: Revision 1.27

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/25/2025

Updated: 6/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.9

Percentile: 99.36

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1974

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-2025-1974

cwe: CWE-653