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CVE-2025-24513

ingress-nginx controller - auth secret file path traversal vulnerability

4.8 MediumFix available

A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx where attacker-provided data are included in a filename by the ingress-nginx Admission Controller feature, resulting in directory traversal within the container. This could result in denial of service, or when combined with other vulnerabilities, limited disclosure of Secret objects from the cluster.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

Exploit likelihood

3.33%Up 3.2 points since Mar 25, 2025
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 4.8

ingress-nginx controller - auth secret file path traversal vulnerability

A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx where attacker-provided data are included in a filename by the ingress-nginx Admission Controller feature, resulting in directory traversal within the container. This could result in denial of service, or when combined with other vulnerabilities, limited disclosure of Secret objects from the cluster.

Record
CVE-2025-24513
CVSS 3.1
4.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-8032 4.8

A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx where attacker-provided data are included in a filename by the ingress-nginx Admission Controller feature, resulting in directory traversal within the container. This could result in denial of service, or when combined with other vulnerabilities, limited disclosure of Secret objects from the cluster.

Record
EUVD-2025-8032
CVSS 3.1
4.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-242m-6h72-7hgp 4.8

ingress-nginx controller - auth secret file path traversal vulnerability

A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where attacker-provided data are included in a filename by the ingress-nginx Admission Controller feature, resulting in directory traversal within the container. This could result in denial of service, or when combined with other vulnerabilities, limited disclosure of Secret objects from the cluster.

Record
GHSA-242m-6h72-7hgp
CVSS 3.1
4.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 4.8

A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx where attacker-provided data are included in a filename by the ingress-nginx Admission Controller feature, resulting in directory traversal within the container. This could result in denial of service, or when combined with other vulnerabilities, limited disclosure of Secret objects from the cluster.

Record
CVE-2025-24513
CVSS 3.1
4.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 4.8

ingress-nginx controller - auth secret file path traversal vulnerability

A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx where attacker-provided data are included in a filename by the ingress-nginx Admission Controller feature, resulting in directory traversal within the container. This could result in denial of service, or when combined with other vulnerabilities, limited disclosure of Secret objects from the cluster.

Record
CVE-2025-24513
CVSS 3.1
4.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-242m-6h72-7hgp 4.8

ingress-nginx controller - auth secret file path traversal vulnerability

A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where attacker-provided data are included in a filename by the ingress-nginx Admission Controller feature, resulting in directory traversal within the container. This could result in denial of service, or when combined with other vulnerabilities, limited disclosure of Secret objects from the cluster.

Record
GHSA-242m-6h72-7hgp
CVSS 3.1
4.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGO-2025-3564 No score

ingress-nginx controller - auth secret file path traversal vulnerability in k8s.io/ingress-nginx

ingress-nginx controller - auth secret file path traversal vulnerability in k8s.io/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: k8s.io/ingress-nginx before v1.11.5, from v1.12.0-beta.0 before v1.12.1.

Record
GO-2025-3564
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:14937-1 No score

govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250327T184518-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250327T184518-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:14937-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
k8s.io/ingress-nginx
Go
before 1.11.5
1.11.5
k8s.io/ingress-nginx
Go
1.12.0-beta.0 up to 1.12.1
1.12.1
k8s.io/ingress-nginx
Go
All versions None known
govulncheck-vulndb
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 30 CVEs
before 0.0.20250327T184518-1.1
0.0.20250327T184518-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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

In short

CVE-2025-24513 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Kubernetes Ingress-nginx, published March 24, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.33%, the 88th percentile. Fixed in k8s.io/ingress-nginx 1.11.5.

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