CVE-2025-15566 PUBLISHED

ingress-nginx auth-proxy-set-headers nginx configuration injection

Assigner: kubernetes
Reserved: 05.02.2026 Published: 06.02.2026 Updated: 06.02.2026

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.)

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.8

Product Status

Vendor Kubernetes
Product ingress-nginx
Versions Default: affected
  • affected from 0 to 1.12.5 (excl.)
  • affected from 0 to 1.13.1 (excl.)

Credits

  • Jan-Otto Kröpke finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-176 Configuration/Environment Manipulation