{"id":"BIT-nginx-ingress-controller-2024-7646","details":"A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where an actor with permission to create Ingress objects (in the `networking.k8s.io` or `extensions` API group) can bypass annotation validation to inject arbitrary commands and obtain the credentials of the ingress-nginx controller. In the default configuration, that credential has access to all secrets in the cluster.","modified":"2026-05-20T08:11:53.552040931Z","published":"2024-08-20T07:27:11.209Z","withdrawn":"2026-05-20T08:00:04.529564995Z","database_specific":{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:ingress-nginx:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*"],"severity":"High"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/pull/11719"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/pull/11721"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/126744"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/a1__cKjWkfA"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/08/16/5"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7646"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"nginx-ingress-controller","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/nginx-ingress-controller"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.11.2"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/nginx-ingress-controller/BIT-nginx-ingress-controller-2024-7646.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}