CVE-2025-15566
HIGHKubernetes ingress-nginx auth-proxy-set-headers - Controller Code Execution
Title source: manualExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2025-15566. PoCs published by exploitintel.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a functional exploit PoC for CVE-2025-15566, demonstrating remote code execution (RCE) in ingress-nginx via unvalidated ConfigMap values. The PoC includes a Docker-based lab environment and scripts to trigger RCE via an injected Lua endpoint.
Description
A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where the `nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-proxy-set-headers` 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 (1)
This repository contains a functional exploit PoC for CVE-2025-15566, demonstrating remote code execution (RCE) in ingress-nginx via unvalidated ConfigMap values. The PoC includes a Docker-based lab environment and scripts to trigger RCE via an injected Lua endpoint.
References (1)
Scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H