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
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-1097
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Ingress-NGINX Controller for Kubernetes
SmartFabric Manager
Dell EMC Container Storage Modules
SmartFabric Manager
Dell EMC Container Storage Modules
How to mitigate CVE-2025-1097
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
SmartFabric Manager - update to 1.3.0
Dell EMC Container Storage Modules - update to 1.14.0