Directory Traversal via Admission Controller File Inclusion in ingress-nginx
CVE-2025-24513 Published on March 25, 2025
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-24513 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity, and a small impact on availability.
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-2025-24513
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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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