CVE-2025-1974
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
1.0
Description
ingress-nginx admission controller RCE escalation in k8s.io/ingress-nginx
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or โ if you've already worked around this in production โ publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
โ Propose a mitigation on Community โ Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Ingress-NGINX 4.11.0 - Remote Code Execution (RCE)
Source code queued for fetch โ refresh in a moment.
Ingress-NGINX Admission Controller v1.11.1 - FD Injection to RCE
Source code queued for fetch โ refresh in a moment.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | k8s.io/ingress-nginx | <1.11.5 | 1.11.5 |
| Go | k8s.io/ingress-nginx | >=1.12.0-beta.0,<1.12.1 | 1.12.1 |
| Go | k8s.io/ingress-nginx | | |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1974
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/131009
- https://github.com/B1ack4sh/Blackash-CVE-2025-1974
- https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx
- https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/releases/tag/controller-v1.11.5
- https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/releases/tag/controller-v1.12.1
- https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/2qa9DFtN0cQ
- https://https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/131009
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250328-0008
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52475
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mgvx-rpfc-9mpv
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.