#VU105986 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Ingress-NGINX Controller for Kubernetes - CVE-2025-1098
Published: March 24, 2025 / Updated: March 25, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU105986
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-1098
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Ingress-NGINX Controller for Kubernetes
Ingress-NGINX Controller for Kubernetes
Software vendor:
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to "mirror-target" and "mirror-host" Ingress annotations can be used to inject arbitrary configuration into nginx. A remote user can execute arbitrary code in the context of the ingress-nginx controller and disclose Secrets accessible to the controller.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.