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High · 8.8 CVE-2025-15566 EUVD-2025-206889

ingress-nginx auth-proxy-set-headers nginx configuration injection

Published Feb 6, 2026 · Updated Feb 26, 2026 · Assigned by kubernetes

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.)

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Kubernetes ingress-nginx < 1.12.5, < 1.13.1 1.12.5

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