CVE-2025-1974 EXPLOIT
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 99.4% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where under certain conditions, an unauthenticated attacker with access to the pod network can achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the ingress-nginx controller. This can lead to disclosure of Secrets accessible to the controller. (Note that in the default installation, the controller can access all Secrets cluster-wide.)
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 99.38% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-653 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2025-03-25 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Ingress-NGINX Admission Controller v1.11.1 - FD Injection to RCE | 2026-02-04 |
| exploit-db | Ingress-NGINX 4.11.0 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) | 2025-06-20 |
References
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