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CVE-2025-15566 (GCVE-0-2025-15566)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-06 03:13 – Updated: 2026-02-26 15:04
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Title
ingress-nginx auth-proxy-set-headers nginx configuration injection
Summary
A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where the `nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-proxy-set-headers` Ingress annotation 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. (Note that in the default installation, the controller can access all Secrets cluster-wide.)
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-02-07 04:55 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Kubernetes ingress-nginx Affected: 0 , < 1.12.5 (semver)
Affected: 0 , < 1.13.1 (semver)
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Date Public
2025-05-12 00:00
Credits
Jan-Otto Kröpke
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