ingress-nginx auth-method nginx configuration injection_CVE-2026-24512

8.8 / 10

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx cthe `rules.http.paths.path` Ingress field 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.)

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-24512

Source kubernetes

Published Feb 3, 2026 at 22:17

Affected Product

Vendor Kubernetes

Product ingress-nginx

Affected Versions Kubernetes ingress-nginx 0
Kubernetes ingress-nginx 0

CWE Classification

CWE-20

References

github.com /kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/136678

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