Code Injection in Ingress-NGINX Controller for Kubernetes - CVE-2026-24512
Published: February 4, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU122287
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-2026-24512
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation where the rules.http.paths.path Ingress field can be used to inject configuration into nginx. This can lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the ingress-nginx controller, and disclosure of Secrets accessible to the controller.
Affected software
Ingress-NGINX Controller for Kubernetes
How to mitigate CVE-2026-24512
Install updates from vendor's website.
Ingress-NGINX Controller for Kubernetes - addressed in versions 1.13.7, 1.14.3