{"id":"BIT-nginx-ingress-controller-2026-24514","summary":"ingress-nginx Admission Controller denial of service","details":"A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where the validating admission controller feature is subject to a denial of service condition. By sending large requests to the validating admission controller, an attacker can cause memory consumption, which may result in the ingress-nginx controller pod being killed or the node running out of memory.","modified":"2026-05-20T08:11:53.553612510Z","published":"2026-02-12T08:45:51.379Z","withdrawn":"2026-05-20T08:00:05.918903229Z","database_specific":{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:ingress-nginx:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*"],"severity":"Medium"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/136680"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24514"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"nginx-ingress-controller","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/nginx-ingress-controller"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.13.7"},{"introduced":"1.14.0"},{"fixed":"1.14.3"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/nginx-ingress-controller/BIT-nginx-ingress-controller-2026-24514.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}