Ingress-nginx auth-tls-match-cn Injection Enables Code Execution
CVE-2025-1097 Published on March 25, 2025
ingress-nginx controller - configuration injection via unsanitized auth-tls-match-cn annotation
A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx where the `auth-tls-match-cn` 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.)
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-1097 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. Public availability of a proof of concept (POC) exploit exists for CVE-2025-1097. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-1097
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Affected Versions
kubernetes ingress-nginx:- Before and including 1.11.4 is affected.
- Version 1.12.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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