Path traversal in Ingress-NGINX Controller for Kubernetes - CVE-2025-24513

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Path traversal in Ingress-NGINX Controller for Kubernetes - CVE-2025-24513

Published: March 24, 2025 / Updated: March 25, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU105989
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-24513
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error in the Admission Controller feature. A remote non-authenticated attacker can read certain files on the system or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Ingress-NGINX Controller for Kubernetes
SmartFabric Manager
Dell EMC Container Storage Modules

How to mitigate CVE-2025-24513

Install update from vendor's website.

Ingress-NGINX Controller for Kubernetes - addressed in versions 1.11.5, 1.12.1
SmartFabric Manager - update to 1.3.0
Dell EMC Container Storage Modules - update to 1.14.0

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