Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability in Ingress Controller by NGINX
CVE-2026-24512

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Kubernetes
Status
Ingress-nginx
Vendor
CVE Published:
3 February 2026

What is CVE-2026-24512?

A vulnerability identified in the NGINX Ingress Controller allows an attacker to exploit the rules.http.paths.path Ingress field, leading to the injection of configuration into the nginx setup. This situation may enable arbitrary code execution within the ingress-nginx controller, potentially exposing sensitive Secrets that the controller has access to, particularly in default installations where cluster-wide secrets are accessible.

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Affected Version(s)

ingress-nginx 0

ingress-nginx 0 < 1.13.7

ingress-nginx 0 < 1.14.2

References

https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/136678

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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