CVE-2025-1974
ingress-nginx admission controller RCE escalation in k8s.io/ingress-nginx
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 91.1%
Description
ingress-nginx admission controller RCE escalation in k8s.io/ingress-nginx. NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions. (If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.) The additional affected modules and versions are: k8s.io/ingress-nginx before v1.11.5, from v1.12.0-beta.0 before v1.12.1.
How to fix CVE-2025-1974
To remediate CVE-2025-1974, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.11.5 or later
- —no fix listed
Is CVE-2025-1974 being exploited?
Likely — EPSS is 91.1%, placing CVE-2025-1974 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.11.5
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |