CVE-2024-7646

A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where an actor with permission to create Ingress...

8.8 HighPublic exploit

A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where an actor with permission to create Ingress objects (in the networking.k8s.io or extensions API group) can bypass annotation validation to inject arbitrary commands and obtain the credentials of the ingress-nginx controller. In the default configuration, that credential has access to all secrets in the cluster.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

27.0%Up 27.0 points since Aug 17, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.8

Record: CVE-2024-7646
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-20
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-48533 8.8

Record: EUVD-2024-48533
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qx8j-xj5q-v7r3 8.8

A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where an actor with permission to create Ingress...

Record: GHSA-qx8j-xj5q-v7r3
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-20
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 8.8

Record: CVE-2024-7646
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-20
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 8.8

Record: CVE-2024-7646
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-20
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVGO-2024-3075 No score

CVE-2024-7646 in github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx

CVE-2024-7646 in github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx.

NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions.

(If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.)

The additional affected modules and versions are: github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx before v1.11.2.

Record: GO-2024-3075
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

kubernetes ingress-nginx

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx` Go	All versions	None known

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
PoC in GitHub	dovics/cve-2024-7646	2024-09-25
PoC in GitHub	r0binak/CVE-2024-7646	2024-08-29

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases, published	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-7646 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Kubernetes Ingress-nginx, published August 16, 2024. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 27.0%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.