CVE-2025-15566HIGH 8.8EPSS p36.9%
CVE-2025-15566CVE-2025-15566
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.)
Scoring
| CVSS 3.1 | 8.8 (HIGH) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.47% probability of exploitation · percentile 36.9% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z |
| Published | 2026-02-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-15 |
Underlying weaknesses· 1
References
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| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Improper Input Validationcwe-20 | 0% | live |
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