CVE-2025-14727 (GCVE-0-2025-14727)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-17 15:48 – Updated: 2025-12-18 04:55 X_F5
VLAI?
Title
NGINX Ingress Controller vulnerability
Summary
A vulnerability exists in NGINX Ingress Controller's nginx.org/rewrite-target annotation validation. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Severity ?
8.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
f5
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
F5 NGINX Ingress Controller Affected: 5.3.0 , < 5.3.1 (custom)
Unaffected: 5.2.0 , < * (custom)
Unaffected: 5.1.0 , < * (custom)
Unaffected: 5.0.0 , < * (custom)
Unaffected: 4.0.0 , < * (custom)
Unaffected: 3.0.0 , < * (custom)
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Credits
F5 acknowledges Ricardo Katz of Red Hat for bringing this issue to our attention and following the highest standards of coordinated disclosure.
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