# CVE-2025-24513: ingress-nginx controller - auth secret file path traversal vulnerability

- Also known as: GO-2025-3564, GHSA-242M-6H72-7HGP
- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.11.5, 1.12.1
- Published: 2025-03-24 · Updated: 2025-11-03

## Affected

- kubernetes ingress-nginx: through 1.11.4
- k8s.io/ingress-nginx (Go): all versions
- k8s.io/ingress-nginx (Go): fixed in 1.11.5
- k8s.io/ingress-nginx (Go): from 1.12.0-beta.0, fixed in 1.12.1

## Description

A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx where attacker-provided data are included in a filename by the ingress-nginx Admission Controller feature, resulting in directory traversal within the container. This could result in denial of service, or when combined with other vulnerabilities, limited disclosure of Secret objects from the cluster.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Kubernetes, upgrade to a fixed version (1.11.5, 1.12.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/131005

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