# k8s.io/ingress-nginx (Go) vulnerabilities

17 known vulnerabilities (1 critical, 11 high, 4 medium, 1 low), with the versions each affects and the releases that fix them.

## At a glance

- Latest release: v1.0.0-alpha.1 (Jun 23, 2021): affected by 15 advisories
- Newest unaffected release: Every release is affected by at least one advisory
- Releases: 1 since v1.0.0-alpha.1 (Jun 23, 2021)
- Registry: https://pkg.go.dev/k8s.io/ingress-nginx
- Releases read: Nov 8, 2026

## Version timeline

Affected versions per advisory, in version order:

- CVE-2026-4342: no published release is affected
- CVE-2026-24514: v1.0.0-alpha.1 (through the newest release)
- CVE-2026-24513: v1.0.0-alpha.1 (through the newest release)
- CVE-2026-24512: v1.0.0-alpha.1 (through the newest release)
- CVE-2026-1580: v1.0.0-alpha.1 (through the newest release)
- CVE-2025-24514: v1.0.0-alpha.1 (through the newest release)
- CVE-2025-24513: v1.0.0-alpha.1 (through the newest release)
- CVE-2025-1098: v1.0.0-alpha.1 (through the newest release)
- CVE-2025-1097: v1.0.0-alpha.1 (through the newest release)
- CVE-2025-1974: v1.0.0-alpha.1 (through the newest release)
- CVE-2023-5044: v1.0.0-alpha.1 (through the newest release)
- CVE-2023-5043: v1.0.0-alpha.1 (through the newest release)
- CVE-2022-4886: v1.0.0-alpha.1 (through the newest release)
- CVE-2021-25748: v1.0.0-alpha.1 (through the newest release)
- CVE-2021-25745: v1.0.0-alpha.1 (through the newest release)
- CVE-2020-8553: no published release is affected
- CVE-2018-1002104: v1.0.0-alpha.1 (through the newest release)

## Advisories (17)

### [CVE-2026-4342](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-4342): ingress-nginx comment-based nginx configuration injection

- Severity: High 8.8
- Published: Mar 19, 2026
- Affected: fixed in 0.0.0-20260319175635-5183b7d86137.
- No fix released. The advisory names 0.0.0-20260319175635-5183b7d86137 as the fix, which the registry doesn't have yet.

### [CVE-2026-24514](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-24514): ingress-nginx Admission Controller denial of service

- Severity: Medium 6.5
- Published: Feb 3, 2026
- Affected: fixed in 1.13.7; from 1.14.0, fixed in 1.14.3; all versions.
- No fix released. The latest release, v1.0.0-alpha.1, is still affected.

### [CVE-2026-24513](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-24513): ingress-nginx auth-url protection bypass

- Severity: Low 3.1
- Published: Feb 3, 2026
- Affected: fixed in 1.13.7; from 1.14.0, fixed in 1.14.3; all versions.
- No fix released. The latest release, v1.0.0-alpha.1, is still affected.

### [CVE-2026-24512](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-24512): ingress-nginx auth-method nginx configuration injection

- Severity: High 8.8
- Published: Feb 3, 2026
- Affected: fixed in 1.13.7; from 1.14.0, fixed in 1.14.3; all versions.
- No fix released. The latest release, v1.0.0-alpha.1, is still affected.

### [CVE-2026-1580](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-1580): ingress-nginx auth-method nginx configuration injection

- Severity: High 8.8
- Published: Feb 3, 2026
- Affected: all versions; fixed in 1.13.7; from 1.14.0, fixed in 1.14.3.
- No fix released. The latest release, v1.0.0-alpha.1, is still affected.

### [CVE-2025-24514](https://cve.now/CVE-2025-24514): ingress-nginx controller - configuration injection via unsanitized auth-url annotation

- Severity: High 8.8
- Published: Mar 24, 2025
- Affected: all versions; fixed in 1.11.5; from 1.12.0-beta.0, fixed in 1.12.1.
- No fix released. The latest release, v1.0.0-alpha.1, is still affected.

### [CVE-2025-24513](https://cve.now/CVE-2025-24513): ingress-nginx controller - auth secret file path traversal vulnerability

- Severity: Medium 4.8
- Published: Mar 24, 2025
- Affected: fixed in 1.11.5; from 1.12.0-beta.0, fixed in 1.12.1; all versions.
- No fix released. The latest release, v1.0.0-alpha.1, is still affected.

### [CVE-2025-1098](https://cve.now/CVE-2025-1098): ingress-nginx controller - configuration injection via unsanitized mirror annotations

- Severity: High 8.8
- Published: Mar 24, 2025
- Affected: fixed in 1.11.5; from 1.12.0-beta.0, fixed in 1.12.1; all versions.
- No fix released. The latest release, v1.0.0-alpha.1, is still affected.

### [CVE-2025-1097](https://cve.now/CVE-2025-1097): ingress-nginx controller - configuration injection via unsanitized auth-tls-match-cn annotation

- Severity: High 8.8
- Published: Mar 24, 2025
- Affected: fixed in 1.11.5; from 1.12.0-beta.0, fixed in 1.12.1; all versions.
- No fix released. The latest release, v1.0.0-alpha.1, is still affected.

### [CVE-2025-1974](https://cve.now/CVE-2025-1974): ingress-nginx admission controller RCE escalation

- Severity: Critical 9.8
- Published: Mar 24, 2025
- Affected: fixed in 1.11.5; from 1.12.0-beta.0, fixed in 1.12.1; all versions.
- No fix released. The latest release, v1.0.0-alpha.1, is still affected.

### [CVE-2023-5044](https://cve.now/CVE-2023-5044): Code injection via nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/permanent-redirect annotation

- Severity: High 7.6
- Published: Oct 25, 2023
- Affected: fixed in 1.9.0; all versions.
- No fix released. The latest release, v1.0.0-alpha.1, is still affected.

### [CVE-2023-5043](https://cve.now/CVE-2023-5043): Ingress nginx annotation injection causes arbitrary command execution

- Severity: High 7.6
- Published: Oct 25, 2023
- Affected: fixed in 1.9.0.
- No fix released. The advisory names 1.9.0 as the fix, which the registry doesn't have yet. The latest release, v1.0.0-alpha.1, is still affected.

### [CVE-2022-4886](https://cve.now/CVE-2022-4886): Ingress-nginx \`path\` sanitization can be bypassed with \`log\_format\` directive

- Severity: High 8.8
- Published: Oct 25, 2023
- Affected: fixed in 1.8.0.
- No fix released. The advisory names 1.8.0 as the fix, which the registry doesn't have yet. The latest release, v1.0.0-alpha.1, is still affected.

### [CVE-2021-25748](https://cve.now/CVE-2021-25748): Ingress-nginx \`path\` sanitization can be bypassed with newline character

- Severity: High 7.6
- Published: May 24, 2023
- Affected: fixed in 1.2.1.
- No fix released. The advisory names 1.2.1 as the fix, which the registry doesn't have yet. The latest release, v1.0.0-alpha.1, is still affected.

### [CVE-2021-25745](https://cve.now/CVE-2021-25745): Ingress-nginx path can be pointed to service account token file

- Severity: High 7.6
- Published: May 6, 2022
- Affected: fixed in 1.2.0.
- No fix released. The advisory names 1.2.0 as the fix, which the registry doesn't have yet. The latest release, v1.0.0-alpha.1, is still affected.

### [CVE-2020-8553](https://cve.now/CVE-2020-8553): Kubernetes ingress-nginx Compromise of auth via subset/superset namespace names

- Severity: Medium 5.9
- Published: Jul 29, 2020
- Affected: fixed in 0.28.0.
- No fix released. The advisory names 0.28.0 as the fix, which the registry doesn't have yet.

### [CVE-2018-1002104](https://cve.now/CVE-2018-1002104): Versions \< 1.5 of the Kubernetes ingress default backend, which handles invalid ingress traffic, exposed prometheus metrics publicly.

- Severity: Medium 5.3
- Published: Jan 14, 2020
- Affected: fixed in 1.5.
- No fix released. The advisory names 1.5 as the fix, which the registry doesn't have yet. The latest release, v1.0.0-alpha.1, is still affected.

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