CVE-2025-15566
February 06, 2026
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.)
Affected Packages
github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes (GO):
Affected version(s) =v1.13.0 <v1.13.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.13.1github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v0.2 <v1.12.5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.12.5Related Resources (1)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Input Validation
EPSS
Base Score:
0.04