#VU105990 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Ingress-NGINX Controller for Kubernetes - CVE-2025-1097

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#VU105990 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Ingress-NGINX Controller for Kubernetes - CVE-2025-1097

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU105990
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-2025-1097
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Ingress-NGINX Controller for Kubernetes
Software vendor:
Kubernetes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to an error where the "auth-tls-match-cn" Ingress annotation can be used to inject configuration into nginx. A remote authenticated user can execute arbitrary code in the context of the ingress-nginx controller.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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