CVE-2025-1097
HIGH NUCLEIIngress-Nginx - RCE
Title source: llmDescription
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.)
Exploits (4)
nomisec
WORKING POC
248 stars
by hakaioffsec · poc
https://github.com/hakaioffsec/IngressNightmare-PoC
github
WORKING POC
92 stars
by Esonhugh · gopoc
https://github.com/Esonhugh/ingressNightmare-CVE-2025-1974-exps
exploitdb
WORKING POC
by Beatriz Fresno Naumova · textremotemultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52475
Nuclei Templates (1)
Ingress-Nginx Controller - Configuration Injection via Unsanitized `auth-tls-match-cn` Annotation
HIGHVERIFIEDby iamnoooob,rootxharsh,pdresearch
Shodan:
ssl:"ingress-nginx" port:8443
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.2080
EPSS Percentile
95.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-20
Status
draft
Affected Products (1)
k8s.io/ingress-nginx
< 1.11.5Go
Timeline
Published
Mar 25, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026